We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 94 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tigray accounted for 49 of Ethiopia's 50 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 135 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 103 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
145 of its 313 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 79 of Ukraine's 145 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 63 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
417 of its 736 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jerusalem accounted for 141 of Israel's 417 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 68 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kabul accounted for 18 of Afghanistan's 44 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 96 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
26 of its 44 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Türkiye (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Mexico (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in India (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in US (64 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 13,016 stories about harm among 72,556 counted on 24 Sep.
Türkiye's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 72,556 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. For the second day running, the news turned to Ethiopia. Ethiopia stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. On 24 September 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 much 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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