We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
242 of its 290 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Derna accounted for 197 of Libya's 242 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
229 of its 555 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Stepanakert accounted for 94 of Azerbaijan's 229 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 28 of Sudan's 86 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Measles was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with cholera, dengue and malaria. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
355 of its 498 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tehran accounted for 262 of Iran's 355 stories about harm, carried by 612 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (264 stories).
83 of its 152 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Anantnag accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 83 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
51 of its 101 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Sulaymaniyah accounted for 22 of Iraq's 51 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
46 of its 108 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Train derailment was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of Gaza's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Kenya (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (55 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Canada (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 20,209 stories about harm among 112,106 counted on 19 Sep.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 112,106 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Libya. Sudan's news mentioned measles about 9 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 19 September 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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