We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
208 of its 336 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Yerevan accounted for 92 of Armenia's 208 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
341 of its 1,115 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hanoi accounted for 221 of Vietnam's 341 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (100 stories). Natural hazards were named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
124 of its 333 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Stepanakert accounted for 68 of Azerbaijan's 124 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 83 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 22 of Sudan's 44 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Dengue was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera and measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 128 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
352 of its 921 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with road crashes, bird flu and flu.
3 of Manama's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
62 of its 111 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Sudan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (56 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 20,055 stories about harm among 115,060 counted on 26 Sep.
Mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual in Sudan's news. of the day's 115,060 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Armenia for the second day running. Armenia's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. On 26 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 17 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 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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