We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
328 of its 500 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ankara accounted for 262 of Türkiye's 328 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
342 of its 726 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Philippine accounted for 157 of the Philippines' 342 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Tropical storm was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and cyclone.
16 of its 34 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 6 of Nuuk's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
27 of its 82 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
Gaza accounted for 112 of Palestine's 144 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Polio was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
7 of Sao Paulo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
63 of its 191 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 59 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
58 of its 139 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).
64 of its 162 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Norway (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (160 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Palestine (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Germany (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 19,005 stories about harm among 107,277 counted on 23 Oct.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. of the day's 107,277 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Türkiye stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. On 24 October 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 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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