We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 96 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Warsaw accounted for 33 of Poland's 50 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 23 of Warsaw's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
270 of its 514 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Peshawar accounted for 137 of Pakistan's 270 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
202 of its 617 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Polio was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
259 of its 592 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Paris accounted for 149 of France's 259 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 92 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 3 of Dar es Salaam's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
361 of its 831 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 94 of Lagos' 118 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 87 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Idlib accounted for 38 of Syria's 64 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 124 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 46 of Afghanistan's 84 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 6 of Luanda's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
4 of Kumba's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Yemen (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Vietnam (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 14,699 stories about harm among 55,886 counted on 27 Oct.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 55,886 stories, as usual. Mentions of tropical storm ran about three times their usual in Mexico's news. A year earlier, on 28 October 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Poland stood out: 52% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%.
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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