We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
210 of its 313 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 123 of Iran's 210 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. 113 of Tehran's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
104 of its 230 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 44 of Bangladesh's 104 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 80 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 84 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
91 of its 150 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Flooding was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
34 of its 65 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Avalanche was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
26 of its 40 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Varreux accounted for 15 of Haiti's 26 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. 8 of Varreux's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.
59 of its 181 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
81 of its 255 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 7 of Ayotzinapa's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).
52 of its 152 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Cuba (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Denmark (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 15,972 stories about harm among 79,321 counted on 27 Sep.
The news turned to Iran for the tenth day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 79,321 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Cuba. A year earlier, on 27 September 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Iran's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%.
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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