We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
259 of its 389 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Minsk accounted for 206 of Belarus' 259 stories about harm, carried by 468 outlets. 188 of Minsk's 206 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
35 of its 44 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Mocimboa da Praia accounted for 22 of Mozambique's 35 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
333 of its 1,075 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Outbreaks were named in 196 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
51 of its 72 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Mahebourg accounted for 27 of Mauritius' 51 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets.
21 of its 40 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 3 of Muyuka's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 34 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 6 of Abidjan's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
44 of its 77 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
34 of its 67 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in North Korea (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in UK (184 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Mexico (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Israel (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 29,692 stories about harm among 106,887 counted on 13 Aug.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 9 March 2020. the news turned to Belarus for the fourth day running. A year earlier, on 14 August 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. of the day's 106,887 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 30.
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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