We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
29 of its 34 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 7 of Eysturoy's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 33 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 28 of Haiti's 54 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 27 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Kabul accounted for 377 of Afghanistan's 598 stories about harm, carried by 508 outlets. Covid was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hunger, measles and outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
12 of its 24 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
9 of its 10 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Beirut accounted for 27 of Lebanon's 46 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Afghanistan (88 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in China (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in US (64 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 24,591 stories about harm among 90,381 counted on 15 Sep.
It was the second day running that the news turned to the Faroe Islands. of the day's 90,381 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 29. Faroe Islands stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Afghanistan's news. A year earlier, on 15 September 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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