We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
429 of its 659 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Khartoum accounted for 329 of Sudan's 429 stories about harm, carried by 585 outlets. 312 of Khartoum's 329 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (133 stories).
107 of its 154 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kampala accounted for 75 of Uganda's 107 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 168 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
57 of its 119 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 19 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 12 of Port-au-Prince's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 28 of Lebanon's 37 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 19 of Beirut's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
54 of its 135 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
226 of its 506 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Road crashes were named in 15 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.
Kabul accounted for 115 of Afghanistan's 224 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Hunger was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 69 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Afghanistan (40 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Israel (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 20,098 stories about harm among 78,648 counted on 25 Oct.
In Afghanistan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 78,648 stories, as usual. Sudan's news was 65% 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 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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