We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 55 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Mogadishu accounted for 25 of Somalia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
450 of its 1,057 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 74 of Lagos' 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
75 of its 172 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (40 stories). Landslides were named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain and tropical storm.
124 of its 220 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 136 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
119 of its 168 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
34 of its 72 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Prague accounted for 23 of the Czechia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets.
20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
62 of its 128 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in North Korea (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Sri Lanka (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Finland (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Lebanon (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 21,130 stories about harm among 82,438 counted on 14 Oct.
Mentions of landslides ran about 10 times their usual in Vietnam's news. On 15 October 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 26 today. Somalia stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 50%. 26 in every 100 of the day's 82,438 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.
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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