We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
229 of its 281 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Santiago accounted for 193 of Chile's 229 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Hunger was named in 130 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
769 of its 904 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Cairo accounted for 532 of Egypt's 769 stories about harm, carried by 469 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (681 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 64 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Minsk accounted for 56 of Belarus' 56 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 55 of Minsk's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories).
291 of its 477 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bangkok accounted for 254 of Thailand's 291 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (190 stories).
958 of its 1,079 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 865 of Afghanistan's 958 stories about harm, carried by 639 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (699 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
386 of its 416 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Mogadishu accounted for 324 of Somalia's 386 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (301 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
207 of its 289 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
91 of its 180 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 70 of Buenos Aires' 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
52 of its 111 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (40 stories). Wildfires were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
104 of its 244 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Armenia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Jordan (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (108 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in North Korea (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 30,323 stories about harm among 113,617 counted on 21 Oct.
Chile's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. In Chile's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. 27 in every 100 of the day's 113,617 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23.
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 much 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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