We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
526 of its 837 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Islamabad accounted for 157 of Pakistan's 526 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Hunger was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks, drought and cholera.
684 of its 1,967 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (74 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tigray accounted for 32 of Ethiopia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Ramallah accounted for 34 of Palestine's 56 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 17 of Ramallah's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 65 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
16 of its 28 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
33 of its 118 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
54 of its 173 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
62 of its 107 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Baghdad accounted for 46 of Iraq's 62 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets.
104 of its 363 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (42 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Zambia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 17,166 stories about harm among 83,168 counted on 1 Sep.
It was the ninth day running that the news turned to Pakistan. of the day's 83,168 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 1 September 2021, a year earlier, the share was 30 in every 100, against 21 today. Pakistan's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. Over August, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 in August 2021.
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 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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