We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
123 of its 170 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 53 of Kashmir's 123 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
100 of its 187 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 64 of Iraq's 100 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. 43 of Baghdad's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 65 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
24 of its 62 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 10 of Santiago's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
22 of its 65 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain and landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 97 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Brussels accounted for 30 of Belgium's 34 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.
19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
248 of its 661 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in China (65 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in US (134 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 18,995 stories about harm among 75,974 counted on 11 Oct.
Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 75,974 stories, below the usual 26. On 11 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 25 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 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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