We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
231 of its 311 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 144 of Iran's 231 stories about harm, carried by 350 outlets. 129 of Tehran's 144 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
231 of its 446 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Philippine accounted for 110 of the Philippines' 231 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Typhoon was named in 160 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with landslides and earthquake.
39 of its 50 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Nablus accounted for 34 of Palestine's 39 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 422 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
268 of its 712 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 159 of Russia's 268 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. 108 of Moscow's 159 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
117 of its 248 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 78 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 9 of Bangkok's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
285 of its 882 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
Mogadishu accounted for 17 of Somalia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 31 of Afghanistan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Canada (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in India (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in US (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 7,720 stories about harm among 36,869 counted on 25 Sep.
It was the tenth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 36,869 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the Philippines' news mentioned the typhoon about 10 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 25 September 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Iran, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 46% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 7 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 21 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 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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