We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
167 of its 350 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Rio de Janeiro accounted for 118 of Brazil's 167 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
267 of its 325 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Santiago de Cuba accounted for 99 of Cuba's 267 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Flooding was named in 201 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and storm surge.
54 of its 102 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 25 of Dar es Salaam's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
165 of its 219 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. el Fasher accounted for 81 of Sudan's 165 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 3 of Sanaa's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
676 of its 918 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Typhoon was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
43 of its 81 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Storm surge was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
16 of its 28 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tbilisi accounted for 15 of Georgia's 16 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. 8 of Tbilisi's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.
Gaza accounted for 103 of Palestine's 129 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (131 stories). Building collapse was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Nepal (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (199 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storm surge in Bahamas (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Spain (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 16,748 stories about harm among 96,528 counted on 29 Oct.
Brazil stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 96,528 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Cuba and Jamaica. the news turned to Brazil for the second day running. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Cuba'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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