We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
147 of its 338 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Philippine accounted for 67 of the Philippines' 147 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (98 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
95 of its 268 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 39 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
25 of its 38 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Quito accounted for 14 of Ecuador's 25 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). 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.
Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 67 of Ukraine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Spain (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in France (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Israel (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 13,548 stories about harm among 73,417 counted on 10 Sep.
18 in every 100 of the day's 73,417 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 10 September 2025, 18 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 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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