We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
457 of its 709 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Cairo accounted for 421 of Egypt's 457 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (131 stories). Road crashes were named in 106 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Wong Tai Sin accounted for 374 of Hong Kong's 510 stories about harm, carried by 366 outlets. 368 of Wong Tai Sin's 374 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
75 of its 211 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
297 of its 760 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (200 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
156 of its 177 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Tripoli accounted for 88 of Libya's 156 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Train derailment was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
81 of its 143 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
138 of its 393 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 11 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.
496 of its 893 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
39 of its 145 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17,981 of its 49,687 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6,068 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Cambodia (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in France (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Indonesia (32 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); train derailment in Libya (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 36,019 stories about harm among 147,766 counted on 5 Aug.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt. Egypt's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 147,766 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 5 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 24 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 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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