We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
283 of its 579 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (173 stories). Accidents were named in 69 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.
223 of its 385 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Ankara accounted for 162 of Türkiye's 223 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
174 of its 413 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Stockholm accounted for 130 of Sweden's 174 stories about harm, carried by 472 outlets. Flu was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
36 of its 95 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Braunau Am Inn accounted for 26 of Austria's 36 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
60 of its 91 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Cholera was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
163 of its 319 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 13 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. the Leeward Islands accounted for 13 of Guadeloupe's 13 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tropical storm, storms and flooding.
147 of its 607 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 130 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Warsaw accounted for 33 of Poland's 40 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
25 of its 79 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Brazil (28 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plane crash in Zimbabwe (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Antigua & Barbuda (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Bangladesh (30 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Oct. 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 17,533 stories about harm among 99,730 counted on 2 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 99,730 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mexico stood out: 49% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. A year earlier, on 2 October 2022, 21 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.
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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