We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Damascus accounted for 14 of Syria's 25 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 91 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 10 of Malieveld's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 91 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Havana accounted for 29 of Cuba's 52 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets.
107 of its 290 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Riyadh accounted for 74 of Saudi Arabia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
146 of its 397 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).
44 of its 157 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).
Jammu accounted for 21 of Kashmir's 32 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in US (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 6,918 stories about harm among 39,229 counted on 19 Sep.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Syria. In Syria, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 19 September 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. 18 in every 100 of the day's 39,229 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19.
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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