We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 65 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dickson Fjord accounted for 28 of Greenland's 51 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Tsunami was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides, earthquake and avalanche.
34 of its 74 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 149 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 64 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
452 of its 1,376 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
127 of its 272 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hanoi accounted for 54 of Vietnam's 127 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories).
91 of its 327 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 63 of Malaysia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories).
17 of its 41 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 4 of Minsk's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
15 of its 45 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories).
18 of its 66 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in South Africa (60 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Austria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Thailand (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Australia (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 18,167 stories about harm among 102,351 counted on 13 Sep.
Greenland stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 102,351 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Greenland's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. On 14 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as 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 much 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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