We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
103 of its 178 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Hanoi accounted for 64 of Vietnam's 103 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Typhoon was named in 100 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with landslides, flooding and power cuts.
25 of its 44 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 5 of Amizmiz's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Froun accounted for 25 of Lebanon's 33 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
45 of its 58 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Port Sudan accounted for 18 of Sudan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
489 of its 654 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. 60 of Tel Aviv's 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
117 of its 165 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Caracas accounted for 101 of Venezuela's 117 stories about harm, carried by 499 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories).
205 of its 460 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Philippine accounted for 141 of the Philippines' 205 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
82 of Kolkata's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (124 stories). Building collapse was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu.
60 of its 124 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (18 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in Brazil (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in India (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 9,427 stories about harm among 49,975 counted on 8 Sep.
Vietnam's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 49,975 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Vietnam for the second day running. A year earlier, on 9 September 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 harsher 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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