We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
12 of its 13 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. the Red Sea accounted for 12 of Djibouti's 12 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beira accounted for 19 of Mozambique's 23 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
66 of its 248 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Illness was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 6 of Abidjan's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
67 of its 105 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Caracas accounted for 29 of Venezuela's 67 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
455 of its 620 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
220 of its 740 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 18 of Abuja's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Kabul accounted for 54 of Afghanistan's 92 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 90 of Palestine's 109 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 67 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in US (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 9,208 stories about harm among 52,545 counted on 18 Oct.
Djibouti's news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 52,545 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia's news mentioned food poisoning about three times as often as usual. On 18 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 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.
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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