We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
215 of its 280 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Bamenda accounted for 165 of Cameroon's 215 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. 139 of Bamenda's 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
229 of its 265 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Juba accounted for 209 of South Sudan's 229 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
54 of its 72 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tirana accounted for 52 of Albania's 54 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
543 of its 1,177 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (298 stories). Typhoon was named in 357 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with avalanche and tropical storm.
443 of its 928 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 336 of Iran's 443 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. 175 of Tehran's 336 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
831 of its 1,805 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 329 of Islamabad's 490 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
612 of its 737 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 481 of Afghanistan's 612 stories about harm, carried by 422 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 52 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 21 of Tashkent's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).
154 of its 392 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
301 of its 1,160 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 79 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with snowstorms, power cuts and tsunami.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in New Zealand (123 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Italy (79 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Indonesia (168 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Angola (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Jordan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 41,182 stories about harm among 205,109 counted on 31 Oct.
20 in every 100 of the day's 205,109 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 31 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 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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