We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
490 of its 1,075 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tehran accounted for 214 of Iran's 490 stories about harm, carried by 516 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (273 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
83 of its 245 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Road crashes were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
463 of its 507 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Kathmandu accounted for 175 of Nepal's 463 stories about harm, carried by 363 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
84 of its 257 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
7 of its 7 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 17 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 3 of Tunis' 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
18 of its 45 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 6 of Valletta's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.
23 of its 87 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
65 of its 203 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
26 of its 77 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in France (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in India (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 13,458 stories about harm among 72,233 counted on 2 Sep.
In Egypt's news, mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 72,233 stories, as usual. Iran's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. A year earlier, on 2 September 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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