We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
125 of its 173 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Qaraqosh accounted for 47 of Iraq's 125 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 71 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ouagadougou accounted for 36 of Burkina Faso's 52 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 27 of Ouagadougou's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories).
36 of its 199 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
144 of its 413 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 93 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Tashkent accounted for 39 of Uzbekistan's 43 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
123 of its 257 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
39 of its 64 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 39 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
49 of its 119 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
62 of its 183 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Pyongyang accounted for 45 of North Korea's 62 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets.
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Kenya (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Greece (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in South Africa (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 19,970 stories about harm among 117,071 counted on 28 Sep.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 22 March 2023. 17 in every 100 of the day's 117,071 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. For the second day running, the news turned to Iraq. Costa Rica's news mentioned volcanic eruption about 6 times as often as usual. On 28 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 17 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 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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