We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 91 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Santiago accounted for 45 of Chile's 49 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 40 of Santiago's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
279 of its 706 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Paris accounted for 177 of France's 279 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
60 of its 121 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
102 of its 211 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bangkok accounted for 76 of Thailand's 102 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 65 of Bangkok's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
442 of its 930 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 70 of Lagos' 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 118 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Tsunami was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
33 of its 56 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 7 of Baghdad's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
21 of its 23 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Covid was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola, outbreaks and tuberculosis.
30 of its 45 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Burkina Faso (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Romania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Belgium (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 16,352 stories about harm among 62,957 counted on 19 Oct.
Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 62,957 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 20 October 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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