We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
75 of its 108 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 16 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.
84 of its 179 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Caracas accounted for 70 of Venezuela's 84 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Flooding was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
33 of its 126 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 76 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
106 of its 208 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
117 of its 302 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Outbreaks were named in 43 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.
Kabul accounted for 323 of Afghanistan's 456 stories about harm, carried by 321 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
108 of its 171 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (90 stories).
20 of its 24 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Syria (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Japan (49 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Chile (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in China (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 35,678 stories about harm among 169,451 counted on 11 Sep.
People falling ill were reported at about 7 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. of the day's 169,451 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Venezuela's news. On 11 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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