We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
363 of its 684 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Stalowa Wola accounted for 278 of Poland's 363 stories about harm, carried by 410 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
363 of its 560 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Cairo accounted for 261 of Egypt's 363 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
279 of its 655 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 98 of Nairobi's 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
137 of its 541 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Drownings were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
48 of its 53 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Pombolo accounted for 42 of the Central African Republic's 48 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
737 of its 923 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 555 of Afghanistan's 737 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (620 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
525 of its 577 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Mogadishu accounted for 495 of Somalia's 525 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
189 of its 257 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (134 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
355 of its 672 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Hurricane was named in 159 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera and plague.
171 of its 199 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Antananarivo accounted for 105 of Madagascar's 171 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Switzerland (159 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (139 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in South Korea (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in India (429 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 46,884 stories about harm among 210,141 counted on 20 Oct.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and China. 22 in every 100 of the day's 210,141 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Switzerland's news mentioned the hurricane more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Poland.
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 harsher than 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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