We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
60 of its 96 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Baghdad accounted for 26 of Iraq's 60 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 211 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tel Aviv accounted for 69 of Israel's 104 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. 57 of Tel Aviv's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 76 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 47 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Limassol accounted for 17 of Cyprus' 21 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. 17 of Limassol's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
40 of its 45 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Quito accounted for 33 of Ecuador's 40 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 21 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 3 of Asmara's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 64 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 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.
151 of its 415 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Johannesburg accounted for 77 of South Africa's 151 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Vietnam (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in China (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bermuda (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Germany (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 11,040 stories about harm among 58,647 counted on 2 Sep.
Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Vietnam's news. of the day's 58,647 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. A year earlier, on 2 September 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
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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