We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
156 of its 274 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Azeri accounted for 72 of Armenia's 156 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
111 of its 220 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 61 of Israel's 111 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
25 of its 60 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
101 of its 263 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 142 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 63 of Iraq's 77 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
167 of its 421 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Overdoses were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
39 of its 101 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 10 of Warsaw's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.
131 of its 442 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories).
69 of its 164 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in South Korea (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Belgium (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (27 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); overdoses in Switzerland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Africa (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 20,527 stories about harm among 81,612 counted on 28 Sep.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 March 2020. 25 in every 100 of the day's 81,612 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. In South Korea's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Armenia stood out: 57% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. A year earlier, on 29 September 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 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 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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