We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
470 of its 586 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Hong Kong Island accounted for 380 of Hong Kong's 470 stories about harm, carried by 400 outlets. 379 of Hong Kong Island's 380 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (373 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
168 of its 285 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jakarta accounted for 150 of Indonesia's 168 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (77 stories). Power cuts were named in 90 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
77 of its 158 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (66 stories). Hunger was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories). Heavy rain was named in 86 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
333 of its 740 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Moscow accounted for 278 of Russia's 333 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. 232 of Moscow's 278 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (229 stories). Landslides were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
28 of its 52 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 5 of Bucharest's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
27 of its 54 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Plane crash was named in 26 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.
Khartoum accounted for 135 of Sudan's 146 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. 131 of Khartoum's 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
350 of its 532 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ciudad Juarez accounted for 210 of Mexico's 350 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (258 stories).
296 of its 550 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (178 stories). Heavy rain was named in 148 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, typhoon and storms.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Philippines (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (88 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in Tanzania (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Bangladesh (22 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 26,427 stories about harm among 85,855 counted on 4 Aug.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 10 September 2017. Stories about people being harmed made up 31 in every 100 of the day's 85,855 stories, above the usual 21. People killed were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. In Cambodia's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 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 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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