We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
76 of its 106 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Tirana accounted for 70 of Albania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
440 of its 509 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 247 of Yemen's 440 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Cholera was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
364 of its 981 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Measles was named in 222 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
521 of its 671 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Addis Ababa accounted for 305 of Ethiopia's 521 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. 230 of Addis Ababa's 305 stories were about protests or strikes.
109 of its 163 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with rabies and wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
693 of its 835 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 472 of Afghanistan's 693 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 149 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Plane crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
113 of its 187 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
62 of its 98 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Cyclone was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
16 of its 58 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Dominican Republic (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Somalia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Rwanda (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Jordan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Oct. 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 57,203 stories about harm among 266,729 counted on 11 Oct.
Albania's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 266,729 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned measles more than ten times as often as usual.
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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