We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
119 of its 142 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jenin accounted for 92 of Palestine's 119 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 5 of Nouakchott's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
15 of its 30 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 90 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Bamako accounted for 24 of Mali's 45 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Dengue was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 209 of Afghanistan's 329 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 22 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 36 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (119 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (28 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in US (225 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 15,413 stories about harm among 58,443 counted on 26 Sep.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 26 August 2021. 26 in every 100 of the day's 58,443 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29. In Palestine, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 September 2020, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. This week the news turned most often to Spain, on 4 of 7 days.
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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