We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
38 of its 84 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Budapest accounted for 24 of Hungary's 38 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 20 of Budapest's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
73 of its 90 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Darfur accounted for 23 of Sudan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
80 of its 330 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides.
35 of its 133 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
51 of its 163 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 5 of Brasilia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Kathmandu accounted for 46 of Nepal's 63 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 41 of Kathmandu's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
21 of its 99 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in US (162 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 15,444 stories about harm among 83,318 counted on 19 Sep.
In Hungary, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 10% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,318 stories, as usual. On 19 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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