We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,437 of its 2,381 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Harare accounted for 855 of Zimbabwe's 1,437 stories about harm, carried by 575 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Malaria was named in 92 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 40 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sarajevo accounted for 29 of Bosnia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 24 of Sarajevo's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).
42 of its 80 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Paneriai accounted for 40 of Lithuania's 42 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 405 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 115 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 25 of Gaza's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
49 of its 59 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Algiers accounted for 47 of Algeria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 46 of Algiers' 47 stories were about protests or strikes.
78 of its 251 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
729 of its 3,149 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts and food poisoning.
337 of Beijing's 555 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis.
Abaco accounted for 1,063 of the Bahamas' 1,518 stories about harm, carried by 965 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Oil spill was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in South Korea (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Mozambique (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Colombia (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in US (2256 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Australia (102 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 35,027 stories about harm among 162,375 counted on 6 Sep.
In South Korea's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 162,375 stories, as usual. Zimbabwe's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. On 6 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 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 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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