We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 65 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Niamey accounted for 46 of Niger's 62 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
166 of its 187 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kabul accounted for 115 of Afghanistan's 166 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
103 of its 178 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Flu was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
80 of its 88 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Mahebourg accounted for 55 of Mauritius' 80 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
63 of its 105 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Taipei accounted for 51 of Taiwan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories).
236 of its 529 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
74 of its 146 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with typhoon.
98 of its 142 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 68 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,387 of its 3,490 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Plane crash was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in South Korea (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in India (83 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in UK (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in US (167 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Aug. 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 15,438 stories about harm among 48,368 counted on 9 Aug.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 48,368 news stories, 32 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 30. Niger stood out: 95% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%. Mentions of the flu ran about 4 times their usual in Brazil's news. A year earlier, on 10 August 2019, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 harsher 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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