We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
306 of its 420 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 260 of Iraq's 306 stories about harm, carried by 579 outlets. 245 of Baghdad's 260 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
40 of its 52 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Mandalay accounted for 36 of Myanmar's 40 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
114 of its 362 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Landslides were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 252 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
378 of its 1,283 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Paris accounted for 311 of France's 378 stories about harm, carried by 787 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 55 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
57 of its 189 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
23 of its 49 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 9 of Port-au-Prince's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
27 of Riyadh's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 228 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (97 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bridge collapse in Taiwan (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Jamaica (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Germany (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Pakistan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 21,900 stories about harm among 128,442 counted on 3 Oct.
For the second day running, the news turned to Iraq. Ireland's news mentioned flooding about 6 times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 128,442 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 3 October 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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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