We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 48 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Upolu accounted for 28 of Samoa's 32 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Oil spill was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
399 of its 811 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Karachi accounted for 191 of Pakistan's 399 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
82 of its 211 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Stockholm accounted for 53 of Sweden's 82 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Covid was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
50 of its 68 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 8 of Port-au-Prince's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
2,307 of its 3,029 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (1,099 stories). Earthquake was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 47 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
101 of its 321 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 130 of Lebanon's 183 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
133 of its 507 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
14 of its 32 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Tunisia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (737 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in UK (57 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 18,780 stories about harm among 90,096 counted on 7 Oct.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. 21 in every 100 of the day's 90,096 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Samoa stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. Mentions of Covid ran about 7 times their usual in Sweden's news.
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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