We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
205 of its 270 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tehran accounted for 97 of Iran's 205 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. 74 of Tehran's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
60 of its 110 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 35 of Kashmir's 60 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Caracas accounted for 20 of Venezuela's 24 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories).
12 of its 24 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Avalanche was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
68 of its 95 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 41 of Afghanistan's 68 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 22 of Kabul's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 142 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hurricane was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms, flooding and landslides.
Ouagadougou accounted for 52 of Burkina Faso's 54 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. 35 of Ouagadougou's 52 stories were about protests or strikes.
Jenin accounted for 15 of Palestine's 29 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 34 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in India (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in US (78 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 7,560 stories about harm among 36,765 counted on 2 Oct.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 36,765 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. In Mexico's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 2 October 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 harsher 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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