We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 144 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 47 of Denmark's 62 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. 31 of Copenhagen's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
282 of its 641 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Philippine accounted for 170 of the Philippines' 282 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Tropical storm was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cyclone. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
383 of its 770 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
39 of its 75 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
23 of its 30 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. the Red Sea accounted for 22 of Djibouti's 23 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
45 of its 81 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 6 of Baghdad's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Measles was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
6 of Makala's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). House fires were named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
26 of its 64 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: accidents in Djibouti (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Venezuela (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Italy (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in South Korea (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in China (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 19,121 stories about harm among 106,949 counted on 4 Sep.
North Korea's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 106,949 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Denmark, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. A year earlier, on 5 September 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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