We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 130 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tahoua accounted for 97 of Niger's 116 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (112 stories). Cholera was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
111 of its 283 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 89 of Santiago's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
242 of its 302 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Sanaa accounted for 148 of Yemen's 242 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
126 of its 157 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Klaipeda accounted for 95 of Lithuania's 126 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories).
36 of its 63 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 10 of Fraijanes' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
417 of its 1,029 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 137 of Riyadh's 187 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
134 of its 214 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bogota accounted for 109 of Colombia's 134 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories).
266 of its 645 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
107 of its 273 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Oil spill was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
14 of its 30 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 12 of Dakar's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Finland (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); overdoses in Iraq (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (67 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in United Arab Emirates (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Venezuela (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 40,028 stories about harm among 210,911 counted on 3 Oct.
Niger's news mentioned the cholera more than ten times as often as usual. On 3 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 19 today. In Niger, 89% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 210,911 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 much softer 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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