We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
163 of its 324 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Lesbos accounted for 86 of Greece's 163 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Hurricane was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding and cyclone.
110 of its 164 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 47 of Kashmir's 110 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
25 of its 40 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Algiers accounted for 19 of Algeria's 25 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 17 of Algiers' 19 stories were about protests or strikes.
81 of its 166 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 4 of la Paz's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
37 of its 57 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 196 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Taipei accounted for 50 of Taiwan's 64 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories).
36 of its 51 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 92 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Vietnam (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Israel (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in India (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 28,520 stories about harm among 107,892 counted on 17 Sep.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 6 March 2020. of the day's 107,892 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. the news turned to Greece for the third day running. Mentions of flooding ran about 7 times their usual in Vietnam's news. On 18 September 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 26 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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