We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
164 of its 307 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Buenos Aires accounted for 118 of Argentina's 164 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. 63 of Buenos Aires' 118 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks, hantavirus and flu.
490 of its 805 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Islamabad accounted for 147 of Pakistan's 490 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 36 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 6 of Darfur's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured 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.
Herat accounted for 59 of Afghanistan's 130 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Colombo accounted for 35 of Sri Lanka's 47 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 24 of Colombo's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
3 of Santiago's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Canada (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in US (131 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Sep. 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 15,683 stories about harm among 75,601 counted on 2 Sep.
In Argentina, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 75,601 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 2 September 2021, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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 21 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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