We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
70 of its 82 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tetovo accounted for 66 of North Macedonia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 68 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 10 of Jenin's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 658 of Afghanistan's 964 stories about harm, carried by 899 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 44 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%.
81 of its 157 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jakarta accounted for 47 of Indonesia's 81 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
116 of its 415 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
825 of its 2,315 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Conakry accounted for 34 of Guinea's 54 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 18 of Conakry's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
33 of its 100 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
60 of its 116 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Pyongyang accounted for 46 of North Korea's 60 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in China (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 25,298 stories about harm among 88,241 counted on 9 Sep.
North Macedonia's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 88,241 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. Haiti's news mentioned Covid about 5 times as often as usual. On 9 September 2020, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 29 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 much 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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