We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
23 of its 54 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and storm surge.
12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 3 of Ndjamena's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
20 of its 26 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mogadishu accounted for 13 of Somalia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 108 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (210 stories). Accidents were named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 54 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
75 of its 217 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
89 of its 262 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Hurricane was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm, landslides and heavy rain.
18 of its 19 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. the Leeward Islands accounted for 16 of Guadeloupe's 18 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets.
18 of its 29 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Spain (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Oman (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Ukraine (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 12,042 stories about harm among 60,595 counted on 21 Oct.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 60,595 stories, as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. In Denmark, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. A year earlier, on 21 October 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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