We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
75 of its 119 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Darfur accounted for 45 of Sudan's 75 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
70 of its 131 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Illness was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 71 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 9 of Monrovia's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
205 of its 420 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%.
58 of its 86 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kigali accounted for 47 of Rwanda's 58 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
58 of its 151 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 88 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). HIV was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Minsk accounted for 84 of Belarus' 112 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. 75 of Minsk's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
9 of Pointe aux Feuilles' 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Trinidad & Tobago (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Taiwan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); overdoses in Canada (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 25,267 stories about harm among 88,560 counted on 31 Aug.
In Trinidad & Tobago's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 88,560 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 1 September 2019, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. In Sudan, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 53% is usual.
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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