We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
20 of its 20 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Storms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
147 of its 383 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 94 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 11 of Istanbul's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories).
20 of its 85 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
142 of its 231 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Surabaya accounted for 72 of Indonesia's 142 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (41 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
117 of its 249 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
125 of its 201 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 86 of Ukraine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
36 of its 129 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
7 of its 8 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); storms in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in India (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hypothermia in US (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 6,453 stories about harm among 34,216 counted on 13 Sep.
Vanuatu's news was 100% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 34,216 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Vanuatu's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. On 13 September 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Saudi Arabia, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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