We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 68 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Ndjamena accounted for 41 of Chad's 53 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. 37 of Ndjamena's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 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.
48 of its 88 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tigray accounted for 39 of Ethiopia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 38 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Kherson accounted for 166 of Ukraine's 341 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jenin accounted for 24 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 13 of Jenin's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 95 of Iran's 190 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. 73 of Tehran's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
8 of its 25 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Germany (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Australia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 14,726 stories about harm among 78,557 counted on 21 Oct.
Chad stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 78,557 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. For the second day running, the news turned to Chad. Germany's news mentioned the flu about 8 times as often as usual. On 21 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, 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 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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