We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 24 of Haiti's 34 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 12 of Port-au-Prince's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Cholera was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 126 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (27 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
55 of its 63 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Beledweyne accounted for 23 of Somalia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Storms were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with bird flu and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 79 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Ramallah accounted for 32 of Palestine's 56 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 16 of Ramallah's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
282 of its 414 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tehran accounted for 173 of Iran's 282 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 133 of Tehran's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 50 of Afghanistan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 32 of Kabul's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
6 of its 8 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
18 of its 61 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Sweden (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Thailand (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Australia (38 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Ukraine (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 14,530 stories about harm among 71,307 counted on 3 Oct.
Haiti's news mentioned the cholera more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 71,307 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 3 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 20 today. Haiti stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%.
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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