We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Yatenga accounted for 12 of Burkina Faso's 24 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 189 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 12 of Sheung Wan's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 80 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 73 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
84 of its 112 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 113 of Israel's 216 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
14 of Stockholm's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
45 of its 172 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
126 of its 352 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Heavy rain was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
14 of its 40 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bahamas (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Greece (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Kenya (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Italy (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 18,877 stories about harm among 104,795 counted on 5 Sep.
Mentions of the hurricane ran about 6 times their usual in the Bahamas' news. of the day's 104,795 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Burkina Faso stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. On 5 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 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 much 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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