We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
143 of its 185 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Pinar del Rio accounted for 64 of Cuba's 143 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Storm surge was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
284 of its 404 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tehran accounted for 154 of Iran's 284 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. 135 of Tehran's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 111 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 26 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Djibo accounted for 17 of Burkina Faso's 24 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 34 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Conakry accounted for 21 of Guinea's 24 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 16 of Conakry's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
68 of its 94 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 48 of Palestine's 68 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of its 117 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
77 of its 202 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Typhoon was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and storms.
35 of its 84 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Avalanche was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
40 of its 98 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Colombo accounted for 33 of Sri Lanka's 40 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Japan (81 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storm surge in US (840 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Ukraine (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 17,186 stories about harm among 81,514 counted on 28 Sep.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Cuba. of the day's 81,514 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Vietnam's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. Cuba's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. A year earlier, on 28 September 2021, 25 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.
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 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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