We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 65 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kenscoff accounted for 50 of Haiti's 53 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
80 of its 203 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (22 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
7 of Kathmandu's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
31 of its 44 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jonglei accounted for 20 of South Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
83 of its 160 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Damascus accounted for 48 of Syria's 83 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 109 of Israel's 241 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Unrwa accounted for 38 of Palestine's 83 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 110 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
37 of its 50 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in France (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Spain (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (41 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 Aug. 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 12,909 stories about harm among 69,138 counted on 25 Aug.
France's news mentioned tornadoes more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 69,138 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. A year earlier, on 25 August 2025, 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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