We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
488 of its 736 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tung Chung accounted for 322 of Hong Kong's 488 stories about harm, carried by 321 outlets. 316 of Tung Chung's 322 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Typhoon was named in 102 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.
159 of its 193 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tunis accounted for 130 of Tunisia's 159 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
1,389 of its 1,649 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Abaco accounted for 1,066 of the Bahamas' 1,389 stories about harm, carried by 938 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (258 stories). Tornadoes were named in 203 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
35 of its 50 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 54 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Ouagadougou accounted for 40 of Burkina Faso's 49 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 39 of Ouagadougou's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
266 of its 286 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Dhamar accounted for 212 of Yemen's 266 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
260 of its 590 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (210 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 94 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 11 of Bogota's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
432 of its 1,287 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 108 of Johannesburg's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories).
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Norway (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in New Zealand (62 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Denmark (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Sweden (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (1665 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Sep. 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 28,917 stories about harm among 114,173 counted on 2 Sep.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Bahamas. of the day's 114,173 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Norway's news mentioned helicopter crash more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Hong Kong.
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 softer 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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