We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Srebrenica accounted for 24 of Bosnia's 25 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Minsk accounted for 76 of Belarus' 114 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 69 of Minsk's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
129 of its 198 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Yuen Long accounted for 66 of Hong Kong's 129 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Jammu accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 52 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
188 of its 437 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Seoul accounted for 109 of South Korea's 188 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Typhoon was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and train derailment.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Polio was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of its 90 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Typhoon was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
69 of its 103 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Outbreaks were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
23 of its 28 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in North Korea (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Palestine (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Argentina (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 30,352 stories about harm among 106,071 counted on 26 Aug.
North Korea's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. 29 in every 100 of the day's 106,071 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. the news turned to Bosnia for the second day running. Bosnia's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%.
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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