We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
166 of its 271 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Santiago accounted for 145 of Chile's 166 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. 137 of Santiago's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (149 stories). Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
992 of its 1,256 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Dhaka accounted for 914 of Bangladesh's 992 stories about harm, carried by 714 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (754 stories). Building collapse was named in 170 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
652 of its 810 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Baghdad accounted for 378 of Iraq's 652 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (242 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
142 of its 178 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
163 of its 257 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 46 of Anantnag's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
173 of its 786 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 88 of Madrid's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
324 of its 386 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (139 stories). Tsunami was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 79 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Montevideo accounted for 73 of Uruguay's 74 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. 73 of Montevideo's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories).
113 of its 299 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 81 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 37 of Libreville's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in United Arab Emirates (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Mexico (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Israel (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); accidents in Spain (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 36,257 stories about harm among 154,649 counted on 10 Sep.
Chile stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 14%. Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in the United Arab Emirates' news. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 154,649 stories, above the usual 22.
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 harsher 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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