We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
108 of its 189 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Manama accounted for 94 of Bahrain's 108 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Building collapse was named in 98 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
245 of its 331 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Caracas accounted for 225 of Venezuela's 245 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. 195 of Caracas' 225 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
548 of its 736 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 428 of Bangladesh's 548 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (290 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
577 of its 1,063 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (125 stories). Road crashes were named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
491 of its 630 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Panama City accounted for 473 of Panama's 491 stories about harm, carried by 511 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Storms were named in 167 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, tropical storm and tornadoes.
402 of its 511 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (202 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
122 of its 185 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
129 of its 250 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Earthquake was named in 121 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.
44 of its 132 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
52 of its 144 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Papua New Guinea (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Puerto Rico (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Oman (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Panama (167 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in South Africa (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Oct. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 45,421 stories about harm among 212,042 counted on 10 Oct.
Bahrain's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 212,042 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Bahrain. On 10 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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