We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 66 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Darfur accounted for 32 of Sudan's 50 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
44 of its 105 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Saqqara accounted for 32 of Egypt's 44 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 127 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 38 of Israel's 59 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 24 of Jerusalem's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
101 of its 186 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tropical storm was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with hurricane, storms and heavy rain.
86 of its 125 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 34 of Afghanistan's 86 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured 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.
17 of its 43 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Snowstorms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
86 of its 269 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
17 of its 39 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Philippines (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (63 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plague in US (85 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in India (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 12,313 stories about harm among 41,868 counted on 3 Oct.
Of the day's 41,868 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. A year earlier, on 4 October 2019, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 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 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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