We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 176 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Artsakh accounted for 41 of Azerbaijan's 94 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
54 of its 100 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Causeway Bay accounted for 29 of Hong Kong's 54 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 21 of Causeway Bay's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).
Moscow accounted for 175 of Russia's 316 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 75 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
107 of its 201 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Azeri accounted for 52 of Armenia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
68 of its 120 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 39 of Iraq's 68 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
15 of its 27 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 3 of Conakry's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Flooding was named in 89 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
198 of its 465 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Mexico (46 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Congo (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Italy (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Germany (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Oct. 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 26,276 stories about harm among 102,619 counted on 1 Oct.
Mexico's news mentioned the earthquake about 8 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 2 October 2019, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. In Azerbaijan, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 102,619 stories, below the usual 27. Over September, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in September 2019.
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 about as 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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