We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
90 of its 105 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 47 of Haiti's 90 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). 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.
18 of its 18 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 9 of Mbabane's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
54 of its 95 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tigray accounted for 38 of Ethiopia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
248 of its 560 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
119 of its 174 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gorongosa accounted for 17 of Mozambique's 23 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 108 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
23 of its 93 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Mozambique (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Mexico (32 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Syria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (46 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 21,924 stories about harm among 86,587 counted on 22 Oct.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 86,587 stories, as usual. Mentions of food poisoning ran about 7 times their usual in Mexico's news. In Haiti, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 60% is usual. On 22 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 25 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 softer 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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