We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
88 of its 129 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Zagreb accounted for 85 of Croatia's 88 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 127 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Monrovia accounted for 61 of Liberia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Ebola was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
30 of its 38 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 5 of San Salvador's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
347 of its 690 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bangkok accounted for 314 of Thailand's 347 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (265 stories).
371 of its 844 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 79 of Kafr Qaddum's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Road crashes were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
46 of its 62 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Freetown accounted for 40 of Sierra Leone's 46 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories).
239 of its 252 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 139 of Yemen's 239 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 29 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 7 of Algiers' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
35 of its 100 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 5 of Silistra's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).
15 of its 57 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Madagascar (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Congo (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (136 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Rwanda (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Chile (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 34,716 stories about harm among 166,066 counted on 2 Aug.
Croatia stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 166,066 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Liberia's news mentioned Ebola about 5 times as often as usual. On 2 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 18 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 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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