We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
171 of its 335 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Jakarta accounted for 114 of Indonesia's 171 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 87 of Jakarta's 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
364 of its 456 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Jalalabad accounted for 130 of Afghanistan's 364 stories about harm, carried by 296 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tbilisi accounted for 17 of Georgia's 17 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
20 of its 43 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
188 of its 226 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Darfur accounted for 119 of Sudan's 188 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Landslides were named in 154 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
329 of its 624 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
79 of its 121 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jammu accounted for 60 of Kashmir's 79 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
11 of Berlin's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Sudan (154 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Germany (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Nigeria (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in US (99 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 15,272 stories about harm among 85,239 counted on 2 Sep.
The news turned to Indonesia for the fifth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 85,239 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Sudan's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Indonesia stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. A year earlier, on 2 September 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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