We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
102 of its 416 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 30 of Hiroshima's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 121 of Israel's 470 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Hunger was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 69 of Palestine's 86 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 34 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
124 of its 368 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
95 of its 190 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 57 of Iran's 95 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
69 of its 225 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
16 of its 72 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
28 of its 97 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Morocco (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in India (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in UK (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in US (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 10,635 stories about harm among 56,336 counted on 12 Oct.
For the second day running, the news turned to Japan. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 56,336 stories, as usual. Japan's news was 25% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. In Morocco's news, mentions of the drought ran about 5 times their usual. On 13 October 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 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 harsher 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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