We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
504 of its 584 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Derna accounted for 400 of Libya's 504 stories about harm, carried by 718 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Tsunami was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
152 of its 229 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 64 of Kashmir's 152 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 139 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 56 of Tehran's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 94 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
134 of its 153 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Alpefjord accounted for 86 of Greenland's 134 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Covid was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
40 of its 98 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 29 of Lebanon's 40 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Poisoning was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with food poisoning. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of Gaza's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 252 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
33 of its 69 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Storm surge was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Greenland (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Myanmar (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in Bermuda (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Armenia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 21,636 stories about harm among 118,926 counted on 14 Sep.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Libya. of the day's 118,926 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Greenland's news mentioned Covid more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 14 September 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Libya, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 66% is usual.
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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