We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
108 of its 145 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jammu accounted for 45 of Kashmir's 108 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 71 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tripoli accounted for 33 of Libya's 36 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 57 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
356 of its 670 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Landslides were named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding, typhoon and drownings.
89 of its 248 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tsunami.
Kabul accounted for 183 of Afghanistan's 305 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Snowstorms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 31 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
32 of its 59 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tunis accounted for 28 of Tunisia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets.
Oil spill was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
7 of Hong Kong's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Cyclone was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Hong Kong (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in China (77 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 22,157 stories about harm among 88,688 counted on 12 Oct.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Kashmir. of the day's 88,688 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. Greece's news mentioned the earthquake about 5 times as often as usual. Kashmir's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%. On 12 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 27 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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