We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
73 of its 188 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 63 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ramallah accounted for 24 of Palestine's 39 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 13 of Ramallah's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 197 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Yerevan accounted for 49 of Armenia's 118 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories).
276 of its 554 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 92 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kupwara accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 56 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
219 of its 761 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Dengue was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
29 of its 78 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
15 of its 40 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
29 of its 135 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
Mogadishu accounted for 20 of Somalia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Vietnam (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Sudan (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Mexico (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 11,660 stories about harm among 64,473 counted on 30 Sep.
In Vietnam's news, mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 64,473 stories, as usual. Zimbabwe's news was 39% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. A year earlier, on 30 September 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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