We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
95 of its 153 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Oslo accounted for 67 of Norway's 95 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Outbreaks were named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
520 of its 963 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 461 of Russia's 520 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (440 stories). Extreme cold was named in 21 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.
298 of its 395 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tung Chung accounted for 248 of Hong Kong's 298 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. 244 of Tung Chung's 248 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,294 of its 1,692 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Abaco accounted for 810 of the Bahamas' 1,294 stories about harm, carried by 1,011 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with food poisoning and oil spill.
174 of its 268 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Kiev accounted for 114 of Ukraine's 174 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Extreme cold was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
247 of its 419 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 37 of Jerusalem's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
229 of its 392 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (137 stories). Typhoon was named in 219 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.
42 of its 94 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
293 of its 619 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
97 of its 191 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in South Korea (219 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Madagascar (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Canada (139 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Libya (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Mexico (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 21,555 stories about harm among 91,003 counted on 7 Sep.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Norway and the US. 24 in every 100 of the day's 91,003 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. Norway stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. On 7 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 19 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 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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