We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
127 of its 197 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kharkiv accounted for 91 of Ukraine's 127 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (51 stories). Plane crash was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
220 of its 584 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 172 of France's 220 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
66 of its 208 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
109 of its 349 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Madrid accounted for 84 of Spain's 109 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 54 of Madrid's 84 stories were about protests or strikes.
327 of its 795 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
49 of its 77 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Minsk accounted for 42 of Belarus' 49 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. 36 of Minsk's 42 stories were about protests or strikes.
11 of its 19 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
60 of its 141 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Seoul accounted for 47 of South Korea's 60 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 38 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in South Africa (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); food poisoning in US (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 13,315 stories about harm among 47,592 counted on 26 Sep.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. of the day's 47,592 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ukraine stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. On 27 September 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 28 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 harsher 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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