We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
539 of its 912 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Mastung accounted for 216 of Pakistan's 539 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (307 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Derna accounted for 32 of Libya's 60 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
21 of its 46 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Pyongyang accounted for 18 of North Korea's 21 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 4 of Sanaa's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
127 of its 377 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 60 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
70 of its 234 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Mogadishu accounted for 20 of Somalia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
111 of its 198 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Vietnam (82 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Sudan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Niger (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Greece (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 19,955 stories about harm among 109,914 counted on 29 Sep.
Mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual in Vietnam's news. of the day's 109,914 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Pakistan stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. On 29 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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