We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
158 of its 228 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghdad accounted for 137 of Iraq's 158 stories about harm, carried by 271 outlets. 128 of Baghdad's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Illness was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
112 of its 217 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Nanfangao accounted for 84 of Taiwan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with earthquake. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
48 of its 65 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Mondoro accounted for 33 of Mali's 48 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 62 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 163 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jammu accounted for 43 of Kashmir's 74 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 22 of Jammu's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories).
Tsuen Wan accounted for 93 of Hong Kong's 141 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. 83 of Tsuen Wan's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
51 of its 128 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Hurricane was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms, cyclone and tropical storm.
49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Mogadishu accounted for 30 of Somalia's 49 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
52 of its 168 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 19 of Lima's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
47 of its 205 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Portugal (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Ireland (112 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in Kenya (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 21,375 stories about harm among 126,000 counted on 2 Oct.
17 in every 100 of the day's 126,000 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On 2 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today. Iraq stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%.
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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