We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
108 of its 126 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Minsk accounted for 97 of Belarus' 108 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. 96 of Minsk's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 124 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 71 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 56 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
26 of its 82 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 5 of Manama's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
81 of its 189 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bangkok accounted for 62 of Thailand's 81 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. 57 of Bangkok's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
73 of its 174 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 43 of Israel's 73 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 22 of Jerusalem's 43 stories were about protests or strikes.
20 of Madrid's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
12 of its 12 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Ebola was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria and outbreaks.
32 of its 70 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Madagascar (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Canada (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in US (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 Sep. 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 13,233 stories about harm among 47,630 counted on 20 Sep.
Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Madagascar's news. of the day's 47,630 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Belarus for the third day running. On 21 September 2019, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 28 today. In Belarus, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Greece, on 5 of 7 days.
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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