We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 42 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Buenos Aires accounted for 22 of Argentina's 25 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 15 of Buenos Aires' 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
111 of its 223 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 90 of Ukraine's 111 stories about harm, carried by 284 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
59 of its 73 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Storm surge was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
71 of its 296 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 106 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ladakh accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 66 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. 35 of Ladakh's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
50 of its 107 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Typhoon was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with landslides.
7 of its 11 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Lima's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
55 of its 256 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hypothermia was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Gaza accounted for 107 of Palestine's 131 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 55 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (39 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hypothermia in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in US (119 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 8,420 stories about harm among 41,448 counted on 28 Sep.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 3 August 2025. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 41,448 stories, above the usual 19. Argentina's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Vietnam's news mentioned the typhoon about 9 times as often as usual.
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 harsher 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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