We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
112 of its 193 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Stepanakert accounted for 79 of Azerbaijan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
92 of its 190 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Stockholm accounted for 75 of Sweden's 92 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
135 of its 288 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge and drownings.
101 of its 185 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
75 of its 119 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Jammu accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 75 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
76 of its 195 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
95 of its 163 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 66 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Storm surge was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone and heavy rain.
110 of its 159 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 23 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Sri Lanka (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in Cuba (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in US (241 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 20,705 stories about harm among 77,442 counted on 5 Oct.
Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Sri Lanka's news. of the day's 77,442 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 6 October 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 27 today. Azerbaijan's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.
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 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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