We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
46 of its 56 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 13 of Marib's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
776 of its 2,187 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with overdoses. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
67 of its 174 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
234 of its 590 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.
40 of its 115 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 10 of Warsaw's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
9,400 of its 24,187 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (306 stories). Hurricane was named in 1,686 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and drownings.
10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 232 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
95 of its 170 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 95 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Algeria (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in US (1686 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in UK (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in China (16 of its stories, about 7 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 26,557 stories about harm among 84,353 counted on 31 Aug.
31 in every 100 of the day's 84,353 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. For the third day running, the news turned to Yemen. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the hurricane ran about three times their usual in the US's news.
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 much softer than 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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