We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
42 of its 62 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ndjamena accounted for 36 of Chad's 42 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 22 of Ndjamena's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 49 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 36 of Afghanistan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
39 of its 48 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 11 of Yangon's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
375 of its 1,059 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 46 of Lagos' 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Cholera was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
53 of its 94 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tigray accounted for 42 of Ethiopia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Nablus accounted for 38 of Palestine's 58 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 22 of Nablus' 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 109 of Iran's 192 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. 84 of Tehran's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); bridge collapse in US (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 15,843 stories about harm among 84,833 counted on 20 Oct.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 22 January 2020. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 84,833 stories, below the usual 21. Chad's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. In Nigeria's news, mentions of the cholera ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 20 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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