We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
109 of its 161 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (104 stories). Poisoning was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 59 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 25 of Lebanon's 39 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
34 of its 78 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
67 of its 255 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Brasilia's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
52 of its 98 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bogota accounted for 33 of Colombia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
30 of its 41 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sanaa accounted for 18 of Yemen's 30 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 41 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Doha accounted for 72 of Qatar's 78 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 162 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
20 of its 45 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Austria (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Costa Rica (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); poisoning in Colombia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Qatar (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 16,563 stories about harm among 88,333 counted on 16 Sep.
For the third day running, the news turned to Venezuela. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 88,333 stories, as usual. Mentions of the drought ran about 9 times their usual in Malawi's news. In Venezuela, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. A year earlier, on 16 September 2024, 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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