We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Beirut accounted for 199 of Lebanon's 254 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 167 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Typhoon was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and landslides.
32 of its 45 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Ebola was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
54 of its 218 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
39 of its 52 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Damascus accounted for 28 of Syria's 39 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Philippine accounted for 128 of the Philippines' 195 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 204 of Iran's 343 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
70 of its 126 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kathmandu accounted for 50 of Nepal's 70 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Lesotho (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Djibouti (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Italy (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Oct. 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 20,227 stories about harm among 105,145 counted on 2 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 105,145 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 3 October 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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