We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
502 of its 560 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Derna accounted for 422 of Libya's 502 stories about harm, carried by 766 outlets. Cholera was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
210 of its 350 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 114 of Iran's 210 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. 76 of Tehran's 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
140 of its 195 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jammu accounted for 61 of Kashmir's 140 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
46 of its 123 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with road crashes.
24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 15 of Manama's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).
160 of its 549 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Poisoning was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heatwave. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
35 of its 141 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 42 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
120 of its 217 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets.
26 of its 37 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Vietnam (57 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Romania (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Haiti (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); nipah virus in India (151 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in Sweden (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 19,800 stories about harm among 111,239 counted on 15 Sep.
For the fifth day running, the news turned to Libya. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,239 stories, below the usual 19. A year earlier, on 15 September 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Libya, 90% of the news was about people being harmed, where 70% is usual.
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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