We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
27 of its 41 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 9 of Port-au-Prince's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 107 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Santiago accounted for 48 of Chile's 59 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories).
141 of its 345 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Idalia accounted for 80 of Mexico's 141 stories about harm, carried by 387 outlets. Storm surge was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, landslides and tornadoes.
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (66 stories). HIV was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hepatitis and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
141 of its 344 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and earthquake.
43 of its 151 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Bucharest accounted for 38 of Romania's 43 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 40 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. HIV was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
57 of its 139 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Cuba (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Botswana (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (51 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Greece (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Aug. 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 18,173 stories about harm among 92,979 counted on 28 Aug.
In Mexico's news, mentions of storm surge ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 92,979 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Haiti. On 28 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today. Haiti stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%.
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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