We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
59 of its 117 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 59 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
42 of its 121 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Amman accounted for 29 of Jordan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
54 of its 74 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 29 of Palestine's 54 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. 15 of Jenin's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 34 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
127 of its 254 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Yerevan accounted for 61 of Armenia's 127 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 31 of Lebanon's 36 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 17 of Beirut's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Road crashes were named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 64 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tropical storm was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, landslides and heavy rain.
47 of its 335 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Puerto Rico (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Lebanon (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Ukraine (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (35 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 16,314 stories about harm among 83,614 counted on 15 Sep.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 23 January 2020. A year earlier, on 15 September 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Kashmir, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 83,614 stories, below the usual 21.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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