We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
858 of its 1,242 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 786 of Afghanistan's 858 stories about harm, carried by 611 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (531 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
372 of its 531 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kalynivka accounted for 227 of Ukraine's 372 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (275 stories).
178 of its 374 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 75 of Colombo's 118 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories).
29 of its 58 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 170 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
81 of its 122 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Manaro accounted for 68 of Vanuatu's 81 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 146 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
277 of its 1,118 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.
343 of its 821 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Italy (114 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in United Arab Emirates (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Sweden (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 40,529 stories about harm among 198,253 counted on 27 Sep.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 August 2017. of the day's 198,253 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. Italy's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. Afghanistan's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 57%.
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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