We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
36 of its 56 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 20 of Venezuela's 36 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
835 of its 3,385 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 145 of London's 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (127 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
79 of its 202 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Doha accounted for 76 of Qatar's 79 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kathmandu accounted for 101 of Nepal's 159 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 92 of Kathmandu's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 86 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 151 of Israel's 396 stories about harm, carried by 590 outlets. Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 4 of Malabo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
9 of its 13 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
10 of its 32 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Russia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 7,916 stories about harm among 42,060 counted on 14 Sep.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 42,060 stories, as usual. On 14 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Nepal, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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