We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
123 of its 386 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
111 of its 140 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Darfur accounted for 54 of Sudan's 111 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
118 of its 287 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Istanbul accounted for 60 of Türkiye's 118 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
191 of its 443 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).
475 of its 1,255 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
249 of its 841 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 50 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 5 of Libreville's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Egypt (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Saudi Arabia (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in France (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in India (60 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in UK (68 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 20,779 stories about harm among 117,614 counted on 6 Sep.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 31 May 2023. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 117,614 stories, below the usual 19. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Brazil's news. In Brazil, 32% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. On 6 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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