We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
87 of its 102 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Yaounde accounted for 72 of Cameroon's 87 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 71 of Yaounde's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
428 of its 804 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (202 stories). Flooding was named in 226 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides and earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
368 of its 530 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Minya accounted for 253 of Egypt's 368 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (162 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
78 of its 115 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 61 of Tanzania's 78 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). HIV was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
191 of its 262 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 53 of Manama's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (50 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
327 of its 424 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jakarta accounted for 190 of Indonesia's 327 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Accidents were named in 43 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.
23 of its 33 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
395 of its 450 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Damascus accounted for 212 of Syria's 395 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Hunger was named in 129 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
480 of its 1,105 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 140 of Islamabad's 205 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (152 stories). Avalanche was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
238 of its 577 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Syria (129 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Cambodia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Zimbabwe (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in Yemen (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Nov. 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 21,169 stories about harm among 99,973 counted on 4 Nov.
On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 99,973 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual in Italy's news. In Cameroon, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. A year earlier, on 4 November 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Tunisia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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