We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Djibo accounted for 19 of Burkina Faso's 33 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
411 of its 739 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
579 of its 1,778 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (226 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
139 of its 383 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Flooding was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cyclone.
32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
504 of its 1,501 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Earthquake was named in 175 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
13 of its 41 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 7 of Minsk's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Mogadishu accounted for 31 of Somalia's 57 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Hunger was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 58 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hurricane was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Somalia (54 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in China (175 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Korea (54 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 15,720 stories about harm among 74,256 counted on 6 Sep.
Somalia's news mentioned the hunger about 5 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 74,256 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 September 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Burkina Faso stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 58%.
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 about as 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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