We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
341 of its 405 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Baghdad accounted for 126 of Iraq's 341 stories about harm, carried by 495 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (286 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
162 of its 252 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Yerevan accounted for 63 of Armenia's 162 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
101 of its 203 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Pyongyang accounted for 50 of North Korea's 101 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (9 stories).
15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 4 of Tunis' 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
56 of its 163 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Wildfires were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heatwave.
356 of its 1,373 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Power cuts were named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
129 of its 500 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Seoul accounted for 92 of South Korea's 129 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets.
18 of its 34 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
24 of its 112 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in France (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 20,164 stories about harm among 116,548 counted on 27 Sep.
In Portugal's news, mentions of wildfires ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 116,548 stories, as usual. Iraq's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. On 27 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 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 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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