We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
98 of its 174 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Riyadh accounted for 55 of Saudi Arabia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 29 of Riyadh's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
94 of its 180 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Yerevan accounted for 42 of Armenia's 94 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (40 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.
36 of its 86 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
69 of its 136 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Artsakh accounted for 38 of Azerbaijan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. 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.
33 of its 88 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
42 of its 75 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
148 of its 385 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 123 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Jerusalem accounted for 80 of Israel's 138 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Iran (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Israel (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Brazil (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in UK (76 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 24,098 stories about harm among 87,005 counted on 2 Oct.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 87,005 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico's news mentioned tropical storm about 4 times as often as usual. On 3 October 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 28 today. In Saudi Arabia, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 28 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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