We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
267 of its 456 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lesbos accounted for 155 of Greece's 267 stories about harm, carried by 378 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Storms were named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.
208 of its 278 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 164 of Afghanistan's 208 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Minsk accounted for 91 of Belarus' 130 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. 73 of Minsk's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
98 of its 212 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
59 of its 77 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 95 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
55 of its 79 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Khartoum accounted for 29 of Sudan's 55 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets.
103 of its 272 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Israel (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in UK (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Sep. 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 29,226 stories about harm among 106,843 counted on 9 Sep.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 106,843 stories, below the usual 29. Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in Greece's news. In Greece, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. On 10 September 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 27 today.
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 27 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 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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