We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
47 of its 98 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Flu was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 134 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Minsk accounted for 46 of Belarus' 64 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 27 of Minsk's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
48 of its 69 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kigali accounted for 29 of Rwanda's 48 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
171 of its 378 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Earthquake was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
51 of its 160 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 127 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
22 of its 78 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Marib accounted for 32 of Yemen's 69 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Drought was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cyclone. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 238 of Afghanistan's 384 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Saudi Arabia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (87 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (38 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 24,108 stories about harm among 94,624 counted on 27 Sep.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 25 August 2021. In Greece's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 25 in every 100 of the day's 94,624 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29.
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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