We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
416 of its 858 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Ramallah accounted for 380 of Palestine's 416 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 190 of Ramallah's 380 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 58 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (41 stories). Drought was named in 41 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.
35 of its 51 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
552 of its 1,173 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (233 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 80 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 10 of Wadi Hamra's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
88 of its 190 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bishkek accounted for 78 of Kyrgyzstan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 40 of Bishkek's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
2,255 of its 7,665 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 345 of New Delhi's 628 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (231 stories). Avalanche was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
532 of its 1,831 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Tornadoes were named in 127 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
397 of its 947 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 271 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (316 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in France (58 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tornadoes in Japan (127 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Bahamas (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Burundi (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 35,947 stories about harm among 162,390 counted on 9 Aug.
Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Honduras' news. of the day's 162,390 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 9 August 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Palestine's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.
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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