We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
187 of its 281 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 70 of Iran's 187 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 49 of Tehran's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
129 of its 163 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 88 of Afghanistan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
54 of its 101 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Earthquake was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with tsunami and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 121 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
43 of its 74 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 25 of Cuba's 43 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 19 of Havana's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
30 of its 43 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Baghdad accounted for 26 of Iraq's 30 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 21 of Baghdad's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
17 of its 37 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Storm surge was named in 297 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts, cyclone and drownings.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Cuba (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Mexico (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storm surge in US (297 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Oct. 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 9,449 stories about harm among 44,552 counted on 1 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 44,552 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 9 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 1 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Iran, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. Over September, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 in September 2021.
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 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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