We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
550 of its 612 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jalalabad accounted for 245 of Afghanistan's 550 stories about harm, carried by 587 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (428 stories). Earthquake was named in 536 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
133 of its 286 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jakarta accounted for 95 of Indonesia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 81 of Jakarta's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
53 of its 72 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sanaa accounted for 50 of Yemen's 53 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 28 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 19 of Haiti's 20 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
339 of its 605 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with polio and helicopter crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 83 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
98 of its 151 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 98 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets.
36 of its 69 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories).
115 of its 383 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of Melbourne's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Russia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in US (100 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 12,082 stories about harm among 65,253 counted on 1 Sep.
Of the day's 65,253 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 1 September 2024, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Over August, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in August 2024.
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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