We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
56 of its 83 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 31 of Palestine's 56 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 16 of Jenin's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
48 of its 60 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kabuga accounted for 29 of Rwanda's 48 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
7,290 of its 24,274 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (322 stories). Flooding was named in 1,358 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storm surge, power cuts and storms.
21 of its 22 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
254 of its 375 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tehran accounted for 113 of Iran's 254 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 102 of Tehran's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Conakry accounted for 13 of Guinea's 14 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 11 of Conakry's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 107 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Udhampur accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 46 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 60 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
8 of Jalisco's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Storm surge was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Russia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 17,972 stories about harm among 83,875 counted on 29 Sep.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Cuba. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 83,875 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in the US's news. A year earlier, on 29 September 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Palestine stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%.
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 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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