We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
27 of its 53 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tripoli accounted for 23 of Libya's 27 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 130 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
7 of Hong Kong's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Typhoon was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
157 of its 386 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hurricane was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding, tropical storm and storms.
Beirut accounted for 39 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
71 of its 250 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 37 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 34 of Ethiopia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Lebanon (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 22,655 stories about harm among 92,337 counted on 13 Oct.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 12 August 2021. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,337 stories, below the usual 26. Mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual in Hong Kong's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Libya. Libya stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%.
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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