We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
311 of its 459 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 171 of Iran's 311 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. 135 of Tehran's 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 47 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Caicos accounted for 46 of the Turks & Caicos Islands' 46 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Storms were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides.
52 of its 92 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ebola was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (93 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 117 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 33 of Denmark's 48 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 187 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
149 of its 187 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories).
22 of its 45 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
27 of its 74 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
44 of its 301 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Pakistan (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Canada (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in US (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 16,804 stories about harm among 83,732 counted on 21 Sep.
The news turned to Iran for the sixth day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 83,732 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Turks & Caicos Islands' news, mentions of storms ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 21 September 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Iran's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.
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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