We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
144 of its 245 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Azeri accounted for 76 of Armenia's 144 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Natural hazards were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
208 of its 466 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 128 of Israel's 208 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).
30 of its 71 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
18 of its 47 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 8 of Vilnius' 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
65 of its 120 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 49 of Iraq's 65 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
128 of its 319 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
87 of its 211 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Riyadh accounted for 54 of Saudi Arabia's 87 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
123 of its 214 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Dhaka accounted for 70 of Bangladesh's 123 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.
23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with ebola.
148 of its 495 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Congo (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Brazil (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Italy (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in China (43 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 24,426 stories about harm among 96,512 counted on 29 Sep.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Armenia. of the day's 96,512 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. Congo's news mentioned outbreaks about 5 times as often as usual. Armenia's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. On 30 September 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 25 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 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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