We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Conakry accounted for 21 of Guinea's 24 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 21 of Conakry's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
62 of its 155 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Beirut accounted for 41 of Lebanon's 62 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Wildfires were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heatwave.
37 of its 90 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 84 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
139 of its 240 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 68 of Kashmir's 139 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 34 of Jammu's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
169 of its 760 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 96 of Barcelona's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (42 stories). Tsunami was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
22 of its 49 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 6 of Paphos' 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
45 of its 80 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Quito accounted for 27 of Ecuador's 45 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 23 of Quito's 27 stories were about protests or strikes.
Ankara accounted for 259 of Türkiye's 563 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Spain (31 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Philippines (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Japan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 22,234 stories about harm among 133,568 counted on 16 Oct.
Lebanon's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. Guinea's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. A year earlier, on 16 October 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 133,568 stories, below the usual 18.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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