We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 158 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jammu accounted for 63 of Kashmir's 85 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 13 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.
201 of its 555 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 107 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake.
172 of its 571 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 13 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Bujumbura accounted for 11 of Burundi's 13 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 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.
Kabul accounted for 227 of Afghanistan's 445 stories about harm, carried by 385 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Covid was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
57 of its 81 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kigali accounted for 35 of Rwanda's 57 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Poisoning was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
64 of its 111 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Havana accounted for 47 of Cuba's 64 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Russia (54 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Afghanistan (68 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flu in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 22,907 stories about harm among 85,158 counted on 21 Sep.
27 in every 100 of the day's 85,158 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29. On 21 September 2020, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 27 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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