We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
503 of its 707 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Mong Kok accounted for 433 of Hong Kong's 503 stories about harm, carried by 497 outlets. 432 of Mong Kok's 433 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (300 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
54 of its 66 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Monrovia accounted for 53 of Liberia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (50 stories). Ebola was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
291 of its 447 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (216 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,065 of its 4,637 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
726 of its 1,783 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 528 of Moscow's 597 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (515 stories). Poisoning was named in 139 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
52 of its 73 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 31 of Bucharest's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
422 of its 632 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 154 of Jerusalem's 213 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (293 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of Paris' 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 180 of Sudan's 233 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. 176 of Khartoum's 180 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
240 of its 553 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (92 stories). Typhoon was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Puerto Rico (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in France (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in North Korea (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Mozambique (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 22,231 stories about harm among 90,615 counted on 3 Aug.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Hong Kong. of the day's 90,615 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. A year earlier, on 3 August 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Hong Kong's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%.
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 much 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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