We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
57 of its 145 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Colombo accounted for 34 of Sri Lanka's 57 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
601 of its 2,117 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (173 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about 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.
103 of its 239 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 21 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 23 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 67 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 119 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Mogadishu accounted for 28 of Somalia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Aleppo accounted for 26 of Syria's 46 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Somalia (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (45 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Bermuda (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in China (101 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Uganda (18 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,001 stories about harm among 82,796 counted on 7 Sep.
21 in every 100 of the day's 82,796 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 September 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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