We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed, and how that changed.
37 of its 40 stories mentioned people being harmed, about 6 times usual. Sankosh accounted for 21 of Bhutan's 37 stories mentioning harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories mentioning harm, about 6 times usual.
155 of its 336 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Dnipro accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 155 stories mentioning harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories mentioning harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 24 of Palestine's 56 stories mentioning harm, carried by 31 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 38 stories mentioned people being harmed, about three times usual. Khasab accounted for 21 of Oman's 25 stories mentioning harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
149 of its 404 stories mentioned people being harmed, about twice usual. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 44 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 342 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 27 of its stories mentioning harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (114 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); screwworm in US (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories mentioning people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 12,164 stories mentioning harm among 68,530 counted on 30 Oct.
Bhutan stood out: its news mentioned people being harmed about 6 times as often as usual. Stories mentioning people being harmed ran about as usual, 18 in every 100 of the day's 68,530. In Bhutan's news, mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Events with at least 20 stories from 30 outlets.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, outbreaks. Only events with at least 20 stories from 30 outlets. 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 mentioning people being harmed, the part of life their words point to most. Read each against its usual (the mark), not against the others.
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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