We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
104 of its 196 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lisbon accounted for 96 of Portugal's 104 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (92 stories). Wildfires were named in 93 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
294 of its 732 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 175 of Nairobi's 201 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (189 stories). Poisoning was named in 169 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness.
396 of its 484 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Hodeida accounted for 261 of Yemen's 396 stories about harm, carried by 366 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (196 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
82 of its 131 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Dengue was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
158 of its 312 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Heavy rain was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,426 of its 2,452 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jerusalem accounted for 726 of Israel's 1,426 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. 400 of Jerusalem's 726 stories were about protests or strikes. Heavy rain was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
105 of its 263 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 52 of Crimea's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Riyadh accounted for 774 of Saudi Arabia's 1,123 stories about harm, carried by 738 outlets. 410 of Riyadh's 774 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Idlib accounted for 129 of Syria's 223 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Building collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
145 of its 183 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 65 of Mezam's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Angola (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in Jordan (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Taiwan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Guam (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Central African Republic (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 39,898 stories about harm among 210,581 counted on 25 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 210,581 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Portugal's news mentioned wildfires about 5 times as often as usual. Portugal's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. A year earlier, on 25 October 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 harsher 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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