We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
733 of its 905 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 402 of Afghanistan's 733 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (286 stories). Avalanche was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 37 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Bangui accounted for 30 of the Central African Republic's 33 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 15 of Bangui's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
950 of its 2,203 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Tsunami was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
106 of its 338 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Hurricane was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
414 of its 764 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Caracas accounted for 311 of Venezuela's 414 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. 294 of Caracas' 311 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (201 stories).
320 of its 763 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 216 of Iran's 320 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
583 of its 994 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 178 of Diyarbakir's 248 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (228 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
409 of its 779 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (188 stories). Heavy rain was named in 91 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
42 of its 62 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 247 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 31 of Baku's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Ethiopia (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (91 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Yemen (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Mexico (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Colombia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 57,328 stories about harm among 290,088 counted on 26 Oct.
Mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual in Jordan's news. In Afghanistan, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 66% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 290,088 stories, below the usual 21.
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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