We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
135 of its 354 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Manila accounted for 68 of the Philippines' 135 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 43 of Manila's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
31 of its 49 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jbeil accounted for 25 of Lebanon's 31 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 82 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
20 of its 87 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
23 of its 84 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 8 of Malieveld's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Gaza accounted for 270 of Palestine's 314 stories about harm, carried by 561 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 110 of Israel's 390 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 27 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
15 of its 40 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
20 of its 69 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 5 of Brasilia's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: covid in China (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 7,555 stories about harm among 41,282 counted on 21 Sep.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 41,282 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. China's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. the Philippines' news was 38% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. On 21 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Egypt, on 3 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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