We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
97 of its 120 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Minsk accounted for 73 of Belarus' 97 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. 65 of Minsk's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
118 of its 213 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Mexico City accounted for 57 of Mexico's 118 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Earthquake was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
98 of its 192 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 60 of Iran's 98 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
115 of its 202 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dhaka accounted for 65 of Bangladesh's 115 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
105 of its 192 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bangkok accounted for 77 of Thailand's 105 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. 64 of Bangkok's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
108 of its 196 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Hurricane was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding, cyclone and tropical storm. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
97 of its 162 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
14 of its 14 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
64 of its 137 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
25 of its 42 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Greece (52 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Guatemala (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Canada (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (139 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 17,127 stories about harm among 58,532 counted on 19 Sep.
Mexico's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 29 in every 100 of the day's 58,532 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Belarus. A year earlier, on 20 September 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. Belarus' news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 53%.
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 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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