We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
287 of its 442 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Khartoum accounted for 209 of Sudan's 287 stories about harm, carried by 460 outlets. 196 of Khartoum's 209 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
77 of its 123 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kampala accounted for 56 of Uganda's 77 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
47 of its 81 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tigray accounted for 26 of Ethiopia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 110 of Afghanistan's 192 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 3 of Tbilisi's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
31 of its 60 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tripoli accounted for 19 of Libya's 31 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets.
23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Italy (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in US (236 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Australia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 22,332 stories about harm among 89,379 counted on 26 Oct.
Jamaica's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 89,379 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Sudan stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%.
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 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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