We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
34 of its 42 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Bamako accounted for 29 of Mali's 34 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 95 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Budapest accounted for 34 of Hungary's 43 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories).
5 of Lubumbashi's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 86 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories).
368 of its 472 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Beirut accounted for 287 of Lebanon's 368 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 33 of Kashmir's 39 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
55 of its 202 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories).
30 of its 93 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
13 of its 45 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
12 of its 15 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Brazil (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in Mexico (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in China (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); rabies in South Africa (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 17,650 stories about harm among 97,679 counted on 20 Sep.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Mali. of the day's 97,679 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned the drought about 4 times as often as usual. Mali's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%. On 21 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 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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