We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
267 of its 477 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Nairobi accounted for 103 of Kenya's 267 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 81 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Darfur accounted for 37 of Sudan's 65 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jenin accounted for 146 of Palestine's 301 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. 93 of Jenin's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 110 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 57 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).
17 of its 45 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories).
228 of its 1,151 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories).
97 of its 178 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Dhaka accounted for 51 of Bangladesh's 97 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Heavy rain was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane, storms and cyclone.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in China (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Mexico (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Italy (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 18,094 stories about harm among 101,350 counted on 6 Sep.
In China's news, mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 101,350 stories, as usual. Kenya's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. A year earlier, on 7 September 2023, 17 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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