We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
337 of its 378 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tunis accounted for 330 of Tunisia's 337 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
232 of its 325 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Karbala accounted for 131 of Iraq's 232 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. 89 of Karbala's 131 stories were about protests or strikes.
252 of its 1,225 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (153 stories). Storms were named in 148 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
99 of its 420 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
176 of its 202 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Sirte accounted for 111 of Libya's 176 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
388 of its 834 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 171 of Afghanistan's 199 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 65 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Power cuts were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
433 of its 902 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (233 stories).
54 of its 116 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (126 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Guam (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Puerto Rico (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sudan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Nauru (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 39,208 stories about harm among 183,656 counted on 29 Oct.
In Tunisia, 89% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 183,656 stories, as usual. Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in Italy's news. On 29 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 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 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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