We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
179 of its 252 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tehran accounted for 77 of Iran's 179 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (123 stories). Gas explosion was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
94 of its 443 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, flooding and power cuts.
38 of its 115 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
49 of its 231 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Accra's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
113 of its 345 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Snowstorms were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia and storms.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 30 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Kiryat Bialik accounted for 211 of Israel's 813 stories about harm, carried by 638 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: gas explosion in Italy (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in South Africa (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in UK (91 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Germany (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 9,180 stories about harm among 49,860 counted on 22 Sep.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 49,860 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 September 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 3 of 7 days.
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 much 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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