We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
74 of its 150 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 56 of Lebanon's 74 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. 30 of Beirut's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
51 of its 136 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Amman accounted for 41 of Jordan's 51 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
129 of its 273 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
72 of its 187 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bangkok accounted for 41 of Thailand's 72 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories).
126 of its 134 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Road crashes were named in 124 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
64 of its 193 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 35 of Ethiopia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Islamabad accounted for 125 of Pakistan's 360 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 43 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tropical storm was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hurricane and storms.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Monaco (124 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Puerto Rico (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Syria (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (60 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 16,864 stories about harm among 82,703 counted on 14 Sep.
In Monaco's news, mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 82,703 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 September 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Lebanon, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is 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 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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