We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
180 of its 211 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Derna accounted for 136 of Libya's 180 stories about harm, carried by 343 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Heavy rain was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 188 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Santiago accounted for 58 of Chile's 86 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 35 of Santiago's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
50 of its 116 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Ein el-Hilweh accounted for 29 of Lebanon's 50 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
123 of its 223 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 64 of Iran's 123 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
756 of its 948 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Amizmiz accounted for 180 of Morocco's 756 stories about harm, carried by 516 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (9 stories). Drought was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
98 of its 122 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Khartoum accounted for 71 of Sudan's 98 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 48 of Khartoum's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (89 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
28 of its 60 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Hurricane was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
118 of its 300 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Italy (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Ukraine (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Greece (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Russia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 19,566 stories about harm among 103,796 counted on 11 Sep.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 103,796 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Libya stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%. Mentions of the hurricane ran about three times their usual in the U.S. Virgin Islands' news. A year earlier, on 11 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 about as 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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