We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
120 of its 282 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 71 of Israel's 120 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 39 of Jerusalem's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bratislava accounted for 18 of Slovakia's 18 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 79 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 41 of Haiti's 61 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
329 of its 1,392 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Flooding was named in 108 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts and drought.
46 of its 95 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
26 of its 39 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 40 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jenin accounted for 38 of Palestine's 59 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 20 of Jenin's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 80 of Iran's 176 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 69 of Tehran's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Power cuts were named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (63 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 15,214 stories about harm among 76,783 counted on 14 Oct.
For the second day running, the news turned to Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 76,783 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Australia's news. On 14 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. Israel stood out: 43% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%.
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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