We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
163 of its 287 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 74 of Sweden's 163 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (76 stories). Road crashes were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
98 of its 228 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 98 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, hurricane and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 86 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tripoli accounted for 30 of Libya's 49 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
317 of its 486 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 236 of Afghanistan's 317 stories about harm, carried by 429 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
78 of its 101 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,479 of its 3,826 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
3 of Bucharest's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Plane crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
263 of its 617 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 6 of Guayaquil's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Oman (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Romania (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in US (180 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 20,471 stories about harm among 82,657 counted on 4 Oct.
In Sweden, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Oman's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 82,657 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.
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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