We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Bratislava accounted for 20 of Slovakia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
74 of its 108 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Damascus accounted for 38 of Syria's 74 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (30 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.
Jerusalem accounted for 93 of Israel's 138 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 54 of Jerusalem's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
64 of its 120 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Covid was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Tehran accounted for 90 of Iran's 185 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 81 of Tehran's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
36 of its 43 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 29 of Haiti's 43 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 15 of Port-au-Prince's 29 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (21 stories). Heavy rain was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms and power cuts.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Kashmir (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Germany (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Canada (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 16,613 stories about harm among 82,211 counted on 13 Oct.
Slovakia's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 82,211 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Venezuela's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 13 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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