We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
185 of its 210 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 113 of Haiti's 185 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. 68 of Port-au-Prince's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (159 stories).
58 of its 93 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tigray accounted for 43 of Ethiopia's 58 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
125 of its 227 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Dhaka accounted for 60 of Bangladesh's 125 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Storms were named in 38 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
51 of its 67 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 12 of Aung Hlaing's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories).
407 of its 998 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Building collapse 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.
Beirut accounted for 55 of Lebanon's 82 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 40 of Beirut's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
103 of its 256 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
35 of its 59 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
23 of its 84 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (33 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Kenya (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Greece (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in India (101 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 22,399 stories about harm among 89,664 counted on 19 Oct.
For the third day running, the news turned to Haiti. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 89,664 stories, as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US. In Costa Rica's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 7 times their usual. Haiti stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%.
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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