We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
429 of its 1,126 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 80 of Lagos' 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
46 of its 112 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Lisbon accounted for 40 of Portugal's 46 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (33 stories).
106 of its 175 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 106 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
67 of its 137 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Artsakh accounted for 38 of Azerbaijan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Minsk accounted for 54 of Belarus' 84 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. 47 of Minsk's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 50 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 10 of Windhoek's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
79 of its 137 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 40 of Iran's 79 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 63 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and tropical storm. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 138 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Vietnam (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in North Korea (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Australia (71 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Belgium (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Israel (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 17,534 stories about harm among 66,153 counted on 12 Oct.
Of the day's 66,153 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 13 October 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 27 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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