We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
138 of its 172 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tunis accounted for 129 of Tunisia's 138 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
141 of its 456 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 117 of Copenhagen's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Riyadh accounted for 407 of Saudi Arabia's 509 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (335 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
509 of its 1,394 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (408 stories). Landslides were named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms, tornadoes and storm surge.
132 of its 155 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Juba accounted for 87 of South Sudan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
542 of its 1,946 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 123 of Abuja's 182 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
531 of its 1,116 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories). Typhoon was named in 382 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides, storm surge and cyclone.
624 of its 2,000 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 82 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Darfur accounted for 39 of Sudan's 55 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
34 of its 57 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (382 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Indonesia (520 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Mali (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Zimbabwe (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); typhoon in China (96 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 42,239 stories about harm among 199,350 counted on 30 Oct.
Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. 21 in every 100 of the day's 199,350 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Tunisia. Tunisia stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 30 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as 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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