We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
529 of its 939 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories). Landslides were named in 306 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 1,338 of Syria's 2,383 stories about harm, carried by 861 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (168 stories). Poisoning was named in 166 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
101 of its 105 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Paramaribo accounted for 101 of Suriname's 101 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (101 stories).
119 of its 152 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Conakry accounted for 119 of Guinea's 119 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories).
51 of its 58 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 36 of Kinshasa's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
608 of its 1,068 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (324 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
266 of its 288 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. 3 of Brazzaville's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 95 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 72 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Malam Fatori accounted for 53 of Niger's 64 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
247 of its 936 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Hypothermia was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge and typhoon.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); chikungunya in Trinidad & Tobago (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Armenia (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Denmark (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 63,531 stories about harm among 287,943 counted on 21 Sep.
In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 287,943 stories, as usual. Indonesia's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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