We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
171 of its 195 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 128 of Haiti's 171 stories about harm, carried by 458 outlets. 67 of Port-au-Prince's 128 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Hunger was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
109 of its 193 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Dhaka accounted for 50 of Bangladesh's 109 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
98 of its 133 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
911 of its 2,327 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 146 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and storms.
55 of its 84 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Beirut accounted for 44 of Lebanon's 55 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 29 of Beirut's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
35 of Paris' 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). 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.
60 of its 88 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Caracas accounted for 44 of Venezuela's 60 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories).
151 of its 206 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 86 of Afghanistan's 151 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
31 of its 32 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Marib accounted for 23 of Yemen's 31 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 47 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in US (88 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 10,604 stories about harm among 41,940 counted on 17 Oct.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US. 25 in every 100 of the day's 41,940 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 9 times their usual. Haiti stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%. This week the news turned most often to Kashmir, on 4 of 7 days.
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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