We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 110 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Markowa accounted for 45 of Poland's 55 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 24 of Markowa's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
718 of its 941 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Moulay Brahim accounted for 209 of Morocco's 718 stories about harm, carried by 676 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 124 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 74 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
71 of its 188 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
88 of its 101 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 74 of Sudan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. 44 of Khartoum's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 57 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 12 of Santiago's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
32 of its 70 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 18 of Lebanon's 32 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (142 stories). Flooding was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 98 of Russia's 149 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 167 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Greece (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Puerto Rico (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (55 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 10,420 stories about harm among 55,724 counted on 10 Sep.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 55,724 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Greece's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. On 10 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Hong Kong, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 19 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 harsher 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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