We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
159 of its 346 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Cairo accounted for 110 of Egypt's 159 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. 90 of Cairo's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
59 of its 230 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 86 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 74 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kigali accounted for 37 of Rwanda's 46 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories).
187 of its 355 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 34 of Jakarta's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (74 stories). Tsunami was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 129 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Idlib accounted for 60 of Syria's 106 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Harare accounted for 101 of Zimbabwe's 167 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 67 of Afghanistan's 94 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Iran (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (53 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 20,904 stories about harm among 123,146 counted on 27 Sep.
Of the day's 123,146 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Angola's news mentioned road crashes about three times as often as usual. Egypt's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. A year earlier, on 27 September 2018, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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