We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
407 of its 683 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 45 of Jerusalem's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 90 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tigray accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 50 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 187 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Athens accounted for 44 of Greece's 56 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
33 of its 76 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
30 of its 104 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 19 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
172 of its 441 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Islamabad accounted for 84 of Pakistan's 172 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 93 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Yemen (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Nepal (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in US (157 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 12,064 stories about harm among 66,356 counted on 25 Sep.
18 in every 100 of the day's 66,356 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 25 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.
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 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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