We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
238 of its 378 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Santiago accounted for 208 of Chile's 238 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. 173 of Santiago's 208 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (201 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 30 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 68 of Bangladesh's 132 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 94 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Khartoum accounted for 28 of Sudan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 21 of Khartoum's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 88 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 8 of Baku's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Ankara accounted for 142 of Türkiye's 337 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Food poisoning was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Tsim Sha Tsui accounted for 58 of Hong Kong's 108 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 57 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
18 of its 40 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Türkiye (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in France (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ghana (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (409 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 18,881 stories about harm among 112,358 counted on 21 Oct.
For the third day running, the news turned to Chile. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 112,358 stories, below the usual 18. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in the Dominican Republic's news. In Chile, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. On 21 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, 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 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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