We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
23 of its 54 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Machu Picchu accounted for 20 of Peru's 23 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 19 of Machu Picchu's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
16 of its 17 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tillaberi accounted for 12 of Niger's 16 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
93 of its 306 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.
Moscow accounted for 98 of Russia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Poisoning was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 185 of Palestine's 203 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (14 stories).
48 of its 144 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
77 of its 237 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
7 of its 14 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
17 of its 58 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in India (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 16,775 stories about harm among 89,889 counted on 17 Sep.
Russia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 89,889 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Peru, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 September 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 much 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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