We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
23 of its 30 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Guatemala City accounted for 14 of Guatemala's 23 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
208 of its 847 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Illness was named in 104 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 52 of Israel's 88 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 28 of Jerusalem's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
121 of its 251 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Yerevan accounted for 52 of Armenia's 121 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories).
273 of its 1,171 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 117 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Derna accounted for 106 of Libya's 125 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Tsunami was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
294 of its 914 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
11 of Caparica's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with covid.
Kabul accounted for 28 of Afghanistan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 15 of Kabul's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (35 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); dengue in Jamaica (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Libya (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 17,563 stories about harm among 98,584 counted on 25 Sep.
Guatemala stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 98,584 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Guatemala's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. On 25 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.
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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