We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lima accounted for 23 of Peru's 31 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people displaced 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.
52 of its 97 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Taipei accounted for 33 of Taiwan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding.
44 of its 99 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Budapest accounted for 42 of Hungary's 44 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
8 of Athens' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
214 of its 354 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 91 of Israel's 214 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
116 of its 211 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 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.
73 of its 120 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
65 of its 108 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
139 of its 311 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
224 of its 646 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Türkiye (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Mexico (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in New Zealand (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Canada (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 11,558 stories about harm among 39,510 counted on 12 Sep.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 39,510 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 28. the news turned to Peru for the second day running. Peru's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. In Greece's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual.
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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