We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
380 of its 464 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Beirut accounted for 314 of Lebanon's 380 stories about harm, carried by 573 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
73 of its 134 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Nysa accounted for 39 of Poland's 73 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
62 of its 86 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 10 of Caracas' 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
82 of its 291 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
57 of its 84 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bamako accounted for 42 of Mali's 57 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 88 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Landslides were named in 11 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.
72 of its 154 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Wildfires were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
43 of its 55 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Typhoon was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain and cyclone.
47 of its 92 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
114 of its 229 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 60 of Iran's 114 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (40 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Myanmar (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Peru (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Papua New Guinea (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 19,594 stories about harm among 103,960 counted on 17 Sep.
19 in every 100 of the day's 103,960 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 18 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 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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