We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
229 of its 314 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 138 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 116 of Tehran's 138 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
317 of its 354 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Derna accounted for 274 of Libya's 317 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Cholera was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
150 of its 200 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Baramulla accounted for 49 of Kashmir's 150 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 92 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).
259 of its 767 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hanoi accounted for 218 of Vietnam's 259 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Earthquake was named in 104 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.
85 of its 155 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 55 of Afghanistan's 85 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).
41 of its 131 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 13 of Cairo's 18 stories were about protests or strikes.
24 of its 58 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
149 of its 431 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (65 stories).
18 of its 58 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Vietnam (104 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Canada (69 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Italy (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Russia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Morocco (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 12,173 stories about harm among 65,430 counted on 16 Sep.
The news turned to Iran for the seventh day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 65,430 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Vietnam's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Iran stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%. On 16 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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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