We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
357 of its 555 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Bamako accounted for 290 of Mali's 357 stories about harm, carried by 495 outlets. 215 of Bamako's 290 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 28 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.
542 of its 1,429 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
32 of its 67 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Minsk accounted for 188 of Belarus' 254 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. 176 of Minsk's 188 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
306 of its 1,036 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Heavy rain was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storm surge, hurricane and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 45 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 88 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories).
165 of its 392 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Seoul accounted for 117 of South Korea's 165 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (49 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (53 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Romania (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 29,504 stories about harm among 107,214 counted on 19 Aug.
For the second day running, the news turned to Mali. Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 20 August 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. of the day's 107,214 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 29.
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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