We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
43 of its 52 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Kismayo accounted for 26 of Somalia's 43 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 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.
12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 7 of Bishkek's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
108 of its 230 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Cyclone was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and storm surge.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
51 of its 88 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tigray accounted for 38 of Ethiopia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 59 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 43 of Tehran's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 12 of Khartoum's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
73 of its 318 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
51 of its 176 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Mexico (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in India (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 13,505 stories about harm among 67,786 counted on 24 Oct.
Bangladesh's news mentioned the cyclone more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 67,786 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 24 October 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Somalia stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 72%.
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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