We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
428 of its 514 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bududa accounted for 303 of Uganda's 428 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (405 stories). Avalanche was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
256 of its 333 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 52 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. San Salvador accounted for 36 of el Salvador's 41 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
31 of Baghdad's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Panama City accounted for 124 of Panama's 137 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (78 stories). Malaria was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,211 of its 1,837 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Izmir accounted for 807 of Türkiye's 1,211 stories about harm, carried by 840 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
468 of its 765 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 25 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
547 of its 1,472 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (284 stories). Food poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
151 of its 219 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: polio in Papua New Guinea (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Panama (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Puerto Rico (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Bangladesh (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 40,909 stories about harm among 195,105 counted on 12 Oct.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. 21 in every 100 of the day's 195,105 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the polio ran about 5 times their usual. Uganda stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. On 12 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.
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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