We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
111 of its 271 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 75 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Power cuts were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
45 of its 95 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Huambo accounted for 32 of Angola's 45 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). HIV was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
82 of its 195 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 29 of Cairo's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
84 of its 148 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Earthquake was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.
132 of its 224 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Batote accounted for 71 of Kashmir's 132 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
42 of its 74 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Ramallah accounted for 29 of Palestine's 42 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 61 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 4 of Caracas' 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 8 of Port-au-Prince's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
47 of its 140 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 200 of Afghanistan's 265 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. Flooding was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in South Africa (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 12,814 stories about harm among 68,219 counted on 28 Sep.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of HIV ran about 7 times their usual in Angola's news. of the day's 68,219 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Iran stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%.
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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