We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 132 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Kwun Tong accounted for 33 of Hong Kong's 55 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
247 of its 607 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 56 of Manila's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Landslides were named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with cyclone, storm surge and power cuts.
43 of its 74 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jbeil accounted for 35 of Lebanon's 43 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 30 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
73 of its 178 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 25 of Cairo's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories).
98 of its 462 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 26 of Rome's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Gaza accounted for 336 of Palestine's 388 stories about harm, carried by 708 outlets. Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 152 of Israel's 446 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 53 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Sri Lanka (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); screwworm in Mexico (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in China (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 14,444 stories about harm among 77,735 counted on 22 Sep.
In Hong Kong, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 77,735 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran about 6 times their usual in the Philippines' news. On 22 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 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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