We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
54 of its 70 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 50 of Honduras' 54 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 36 of Tegucigalpa's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
530 of its 1,016 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tehran accounted for 396 of Iran's 530 stories about harm, carried by 618 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
419 of its 952 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Polio was named in 159 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles.
38 of its 148 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
236 of its 483 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 116 of Harare's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
30 of its 44 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 15 of Upper Nile's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
48 of River Ganges' 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Wildfires were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
856 of its 1,746 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
165 of its 233 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 84 of Iraq's 165 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 92 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Algiers accounted for 57 of Algeria's 60 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 55 of Algiers' 57 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Mexico (256 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Sudan (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in North Korea (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Hong Kong (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Germany (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 Sep. 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 34,218 stories about harm among 164,924 counted on 20 Sep.
Honduras' news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. of the day's 164,924 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned storms about 5 times as often as usual. On 20 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 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 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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