We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
242 of its 442 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). Tsunami was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
50 of its 114 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 11 of Chichiri's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
23 of its 57 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 107 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 107 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 5 of Kasane's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with road crashes.
19 of its 58 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 8 of Huambo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
144 of its 637 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
8 of Stockholm's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Harare accounted for 72 of Zimbabwe's 128 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Cairo accounted for 56 of Egypt's 87 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 43 of Cairo's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Botswana (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); measles in Philippines (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 21,415 stories about harm among 130,740 counted on 26 Sep.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 7 November 2018. of the day's 130,740 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Indonesia's news mentioned the tsunami about 10 times as often as usual. On 26 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 16 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 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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