We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,123 of its 1,397 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tel Aviv accounted for 373 of Israel's 1,123 stories about harm, carried by 613 outlets. 314 of Tel Aviv's 373 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (824 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
288 of its 609 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Philippine accounted for 145 of the Philippines' 288 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Tropical storm was named in 112 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
109 of its 172 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 109 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 62 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).
154 of its 415 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 90 of Ukraine's 154 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
214 of its 279 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Gaza accounted for 150 of Palestine's 214 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 126 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with helicopter crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 27 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Iran (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in India (161 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Palestine (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (58 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Russia (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 14,500 stories about harm among 76,228 counted on 2 Sep.
Abductions were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. of the day's 76,228 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. Mentions of tropical storm ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. For the second day running, the news turned to Israel.
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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