We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
92 of its 132 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bali accounted for 48 of Indonesia's 92 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Earthquake was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, drownings and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 100 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Beirut accounted for 58 of Lebanon's 62 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 40 of Beirut's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 72 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kongsberg accounted for 29 of Norway's 34 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
42 of its 86 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
116 of its 164 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Noakhali accounted for 42 of Bangladesh's 116 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
127 of its 171 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 45 of Kashmir's 127 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
306 of its 455 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 184 of Afghanistan's 306 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
30 of Paris' 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
24 of its 41 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Brunei (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); landslides in India (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in US (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 12,190 stories about harm among 47,445 counted on 16 Oct.
In Indonesia's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 47,445 stories, as usual. Indonesia's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 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 much 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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