We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
159 of its 613 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 59 of Accra's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
50 of its 133 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 87 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Covid was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Beirut accounted for 168 of Lebanon's 287 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
19 of its 65 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).
66 of its 108 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 32 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets.
31 of its 124 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
40 of its 117 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in US (1535 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in UK (132 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 20,129 stories about harm among 105,820 counted on 26 Sep.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Ghana. of the day's 105,820 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the US's news mentioned the hurricane about 4 times as often as usual. Ghana's news was 26% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. On 27 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 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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