We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
63 of its 89 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Minsk accounted for 54 of Belarus' 63 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 49 of Minsk's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
115 of its 182 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bangkok accounted for 64 of Thailand's 115 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
93 of its 145 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 93 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
102 of its 181 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Stepanakert accounted for 57 of Azerbaijan's 102 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
49 of its 88 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Lisbon accounted for 43 of Portugal's 49 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories).
72 of its 115 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
92 of its 150 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 29 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 101 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
73 of its 144 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in North Korea (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Puerto Rico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Sri Lanka (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Syria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 13,006 stories about harm among 45,122 counted on 11 Oct.
Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. of the day's 45,122 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the earthquake about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 12 October 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. In Belarus, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Azerbaijan, on 3 of 6 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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 harsher 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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