We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
142 of its 250 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Santiago accounted for 111 of Chile's 142 stories about harm, carried by 407 outlets. 99 of Santiago's 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 51 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tripoli accounted for 27 of Libya's 32 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
77 of its 227 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Colombo accounted for 45 of Sri Lanka's 77 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
14 of its 20 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
71 of its 122 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 17 of Oromo's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
67 of its 140 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kampala accounted for 38 of Uganda's 67 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
184 of its 711 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 213 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 44 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
21 of its 77 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 8 of Valletta's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Pakistan (55 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in UK (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 21,143 stories about harm among 130,650 counted on 24 Oct.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 7 November 2018. Stories about people being harmed made up 16 in every 100 of the day's 130,650 stories, below the usual 18. It was the sixth day running that the news turned to Chile. In India's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 7 times their usual. A year earlier, on 24 October 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 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 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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