We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 121 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Buenos Aires accounted for 40 of Argentina's 68 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 23 of Buenos Aires' 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with respiratory illness and hantavirus.
467 of its 726 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Islamabad accounted for 141 of Pakistan's 467 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories).
27 of its 45 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
269 of its 952 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
20 of its 55 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 5 of Riyadh's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
43 of its 47 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Hiran accounted for 21 of Somalia's 43 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
56 of its 137 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Colombo accounted for 51 of Sri Lanka's 56 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. 42 of Colombo's 51 stories were about protests or strikes.
Moscow accounted for 163 of Russia's 240 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Hurricane was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm and storms.
61 of its 130 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hurricane in Puerto Rico (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in US (136 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 8,873 stories about harm among 41,003 counted on 3 Sep.
The news turned to Argentina for the second day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 41,003 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Argentina, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. A year earlier, on 3 September 2021, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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 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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