We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
64 of its 82 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kigali accounted for 34 of Rwanda's 64 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Ebola was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
173 of its 230 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kathmandu accounted for 142 of Nepal's 173 stories about harm, carried by 443 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of Vienna's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Covid was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
53 of its 69 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Philippine accounted for 123 of the Philippines' 186 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Storm surge was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
92 of its 325 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Wildfires were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Beirut accounted for 428 of Lebanon's 512 stories about harm, carried by 561 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
41 of its 131 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
18 of its 39 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tropical storm was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Greece (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Belize (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Russia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storm surge in Philippines (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 18,176 stories about harm among 94,424 counted on 30 Sep.
In Rwanda, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 94,424 stories, as usual. Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Rwanda's news. A year earlier, on 1 October 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 softer 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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