We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
289 of its 492 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Causeway Bay accounted for 222 of Hong Kong's 289 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. 217 of Causeway Bay's 222 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
53 of its 114 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
269 of its 332 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Idlib accounted for 166 of Syria's 269 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Abaco accounted for 264 of the Bahamas' 372 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (110 stories). Earthquake was named in 112 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
75 of its 121 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kigali accounted for 50 of Rwanda's 75 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 37 of Kigali's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 171 of Afghanistan's 339 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Polio was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 35 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
105 of its 217 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 44 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 134 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Indonesia (90 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatstroke in Jordan (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Honduras (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Sudan (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 30,717 stories about harm among 153,886 counted on 16 Sep.
The news turned to Hong Kong for the second day running. On 16 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 20 today. of the day's 153,886 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Hong Kong stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.
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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