We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 103 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 34 of Iraq's 62 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
176 of its 296 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 122 of Sudan's 176 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. 114 of Khartoum's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
134 of its 285 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 61 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%.
62 of its 124 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Colombo accounted for 31 of Sri Lanka's 62 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
74 of its 158 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of Islamabad's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 116 of Afghanistan's 212 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 28 of Haiti's 44 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 14 of Port-au-Prince's 28 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Italy (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Australia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in India (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in UK (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 22,528 stories about harm among 92,269 counted on 27 Oct.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 12 August 2021. of the day's 92,269 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Sudan's news mentioned outbreaks about 8 times as often as usual. On 27 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 24 today. In Iraq, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual.
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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