We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 85 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Damascus accounted for 24 of Syria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 112 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 41 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 5 of Malabo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
30 of its 126 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain and landslides.
377 of its 1,174 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (194 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
242 of its 530 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (95 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.
150 of its 380 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
43 of Tehran's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
40 of its 95 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
75 of its 259 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in Indonesia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Germany (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in France (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 12,061 stories about harm among 65,920 counted on 18 Sep.
Vietnam's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 65,920 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Syria, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. A year earlier, on 18 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.
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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