We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
449 of its 877 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kyiv accounted for 325 of Ukraine's 449 stories about harm, carried by 422 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Power cuts were named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 136 of Iran's 201 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. 110 of Tehran's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
189 of its 761 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
333 of its 1,005 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
55 of its 109 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tigray accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
41 of its 83 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 41 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 44 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 8 of Zarzis' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (45 stories). Plane crash was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
90 of its 123 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Somalia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Thailand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Germany (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Russia (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 15,964 stories about harm among 80,394 counted on 18 Oct.
The news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 80,394 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 6 times their usual. On 18 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. Ukraine's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%.
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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