We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 32 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Guayaquil accounted for 17 of Ecuador's 25 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. 11 of Guayaquil's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 125 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kigali accounted for 14 of Rwanda's 20 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 119 of Afghanistan's 200 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 10 of Tripoli's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 55 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 9 of Bucharest's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 51 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Cyclone was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and tropical storm.
40 of its 42 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 209 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories).
23 of its 46 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 8 of Minsk's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Oman (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in US (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Oct. 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 13,345 stories about harm among 52,020 counted on 2 Oct.
Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 52,020 stories, below the usual 28. A year earlier, on 2 October 2020, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 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 harsher 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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