We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
214 of its 359 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 91 of Addis Ababa's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
126 of its 221 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Georgetown accounted for 114 of Guyana's 126 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
919 of its 1,069 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 803 of Afghanistan's 919 stories about harm, carried by 592 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (699 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
211 of its 535 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Malaria was named in 97 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis.
927 of its 1,795 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tel Aviv accounted for 730 of Israel's 927 stories about harm, carried by 535 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (426 stories). Earthquake was named in 143 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse and hypothermia.
88 of its 111 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Antsiranana accounted for 79 of Madagascar's 88 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories).
148 of its 339 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
254 of its 862 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 146 of Sao Paulo's 148 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
464 of its 862 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Vientiane accounted for 395 of Laos' 464 stories about harm, carried by 427 outlets. 252 of Vientiane's 395 stories were about protests or strikes.
1,449 of its 2,806 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (418 stories). Chikungunya was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (220 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (112 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (111 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Singapore (90 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 41,438 stories about harm among 191,075 counted on 5 Sep.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Germany and Nigeria. of the day's 191,075 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned tropical storm about three times as often as usual. Ethiopia's news was 60% 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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