We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
677 of its 1,204 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 483 of Ukraine's 677 stories about harm, carried by 575 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (310 stories). Power cuts were named in 131 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
50 of its 72 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Las Tejerias accounted for 27 of Venezuela's 50 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Landslides were named in 28 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.
42 of its 49 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 27 of Haiti's 42 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 22 of Port-au-Prince's 27 stories were about protests or strikes.
67 of its 178 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 24 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Comasagua accounted for 13 of el Salvador's 20 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 65 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Covid was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 196 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. 78 of Tehran's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 54 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Lima accounted for 20 of Peru's 26 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets.
28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Norway (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Ethiopia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Guatemala (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in El Salvador (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 16,328 stories about harm among 80,863 counted on 11 Oct.
For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 80,863 stories, as usual. On 11 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. In Ukraine, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% 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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