We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
35 of its 78 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Porgera accounted for 32 of Papua New Guinea's 35 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
112 of its 220 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 66 of Iran's 112 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 36 of Tehran's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 136 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Vienna accounted for 42 of Austria's 59 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 124 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
114 of its 153 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Jesenik accounted for 49 of the Czechia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 51 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 113 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 73 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 14 of Buenos Aires' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
29 of its 94 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
351 of its 1,552 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: polio in Afghanistan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in France (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in China (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 16,972 stories about harm among 92,905 counted on 16 Sep.
Afghanistan's news mentioned the polio more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,905 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 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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