We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
63 of its 90 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Managua accounted for 54 of Nicaragua's 63 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Dengue was named in 14 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.
187 of its 443 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 79 of Harare's 141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (98 stories). Drought was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
164 of its 321 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Warsaw accounted for 138 of Poland's 164 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
269 of its 283 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Malaria was named in 139 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
224 of its 262 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 164 of Sudan's 224 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 155 of Khartoum's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
402 of its 441 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sanaa accounted for 314 of Yemen's 402 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
123 of its 149 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 11 of Nunatarssuk's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms.
41 of its 48 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
341 of its 656 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 282 of Sweden's 341 stories about harm, carried by 310 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
152 of its 220 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Greenland (112 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (73 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Chile (26 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in El Salvador (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Norway (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Aug. 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 36,063 stories about harm among 178,215 counted on 1 Aug.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 178,215 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. In Nicaragua, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 1 August 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over July, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in July 2018.
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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