We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
76 of its 151 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Minsk accounted for 54 of Belarus' 76 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 35 of Minsk's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 101 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 29 of Uganda's 56 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
172 of its 518 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Poisoning was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Hurricane was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Kabul accounted for 479 of Afghanistan's 858 stories about harm, carried by 545 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
249 of its 540 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
45 of its 67 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).
313 of its 587 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Cyclone was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with storms and tropical storm.
53 of its 96 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 25 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: nipah virus in India (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); oil spill in US (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Sep. 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 16,475 stories about harm among 58,596 counted on 6 Sep.
28 in every 100 of the day's 58,596 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. A year earlier, on 6 September 2020, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 28 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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