We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
104 of its 247 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Budapest accounted for 83 of Hungary's 104 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Gas explosion was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
49 of its 56 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
611 of its 1,317 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (85 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
232 of its 349 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Caracas accounted for 186 of Venezuela's 232 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 183 of Caracas' 186 stories were about protests or strikes.
623 of its 1,097 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cartagena accounted for 481 of Colombia's 623 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (224 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
135 of its 181 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Khartoum accounted for 101 of Sudan's 135 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
137 of its 359 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Landslides were named in 43 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
224 of its 519 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
122 of its 469 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 44 of Baku's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
150 of its 424 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Taiwan (43 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Greenland (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Eritrea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ghana (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 49,079 stories about harm among 243,465 counted on 26 Sep.
Mentions of landslides ran about three times their usual in Taiwan's news. In Hungary, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 243,465 stories, below 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 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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