We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
59 of its 176 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 36 of Sweden's 59 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 19 of Stockholm's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 102 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ayia Napa accounted for 30 of Cyprus' 46 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
69 of its 171 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Typhoon was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm, heavy rain and storms.
43 of its 111 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 29 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 493 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Heavy rain was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche.
34 of its 60 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kirkuk accounted for 18 of Iraq's 34 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 15 of Kirkuk's 18 stories were about protests or strikes.
24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Guayaquil accounted for 20 of Ecuador's 24 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 39 of Sudan's 76 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Cholera was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Ecuador (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Spain (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Sudan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in United Arab Emirates (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Sep. 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 14,052 stories about harm among 78,610 counted on 4 Sep.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 3 August 2023. 18 in every 100 of the day's 78,610 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. On 4 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today. Sweden stood out: 34% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%.
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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