We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
161 of its 273 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Athens accounted for 107 of Greece's 161 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. 69 of Athens' 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
103 of its 236 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Stockholm accounted for 63 of Sweden's 103 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
231 of its 427 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Hurricane was named in 171 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge, flooding and storms.
94 of its 169 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Azeri accounted for 46 of Armenia's 94 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
80 of its 123 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 38 of Kashmir's 80 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
74 of its 136 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 47 of Iran's 74 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
94 of its 249 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
86 of its 159 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
50 of its 111 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Sri Lanka (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); measles in Philippines (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in China (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 20,990 stories about harm among 80,267 counted on 7 Oct.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 26 in every 100 of the day's 80,267 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. Mexico's news mentioned the hurricane about 5 times as often as usual. On 8 October 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 26 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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