We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
158 of its 281 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 115 of Iran's 158 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 68 of Tehran's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 85 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cabo Frances Viejo accounted for 39 of the Dominican Republic's 73 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Hurricane was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding.
60 of its 150 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Yerevan accounted for 29 of Armenia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 260 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
239 of its 273 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
42 of its 79 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Batken accounted for 23 of Kyrgyzstan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
277 of its 607 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
193 of its 1,018 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Typhoon was named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding, storm surge and tropical storm.
81 of its 260 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
92 of its 277 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tsunami was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (112 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Mexico (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Taiwan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in US (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 13,577 stories about harm among 67,307 counted on 19 Sep.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 67,307 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 19 September 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Iran, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% 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 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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