We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
184 of its 263 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Panama City accounted for 178 of Panama's 184 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Cyclone was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
65 of its 107 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tripoli accounted for 57 of Libya's 65 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 30 of Tripoli's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
914 of its 1,167 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 654 of Afghanistan's 914 stories about harm, carried by 569 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
160 of its 255 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Sofia accounted for 131 of Bulgaria's 160 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
101 of its 201 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Baku accounted for 98 of Azerbaijan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
36 of its 37 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Anjouan accounted for 35 of the Comoros' 36 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories).
57 of its 168 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Chikungunya was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
669 of its 1,706 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 216 of Ciudad Hidalgo's 218 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (176 stories).
169 of its 263 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,196 of its 2,895 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Switzerland (87 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in South Korea (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Fiji (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Australia (146 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Mali (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 35,458 stories about harm among 192,889 counted on 19 Oct.
18 in every 100 of the day's 192,889 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On 19 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 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 about as 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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