We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
70 of its 80 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Srebrenica accounted for 55 of Bosnia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 362 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 39 of Sao Paulo's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
305 of its 765 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (132 stories). Gas explosion was named in 167 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
527 of its 1,226 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 366 of Malaysia's 527 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (393 stories).
42 of its 52 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. San Salvador accounted for 41 of el Salvador's 42 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
693 of its 1,216 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 357 of Israel's 693 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Plague was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
239 of its 973 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
268 of its 630 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 135 of Nairobi's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories).
64 of its 97 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
104 of its 124 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iceland (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Japan (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Bangladesh (165 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Fiji (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 40,040 stories about harm among 180,317 counted on 9 Oct.
Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Iceland's news. A year earlier, on 9 October 2016, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Bosnia stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 180,317 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 24.
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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