We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
232 of its 422 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Islamabad accounted for 93 of Pakistan's 232 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 52 of Islamabad's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
95 of its 182 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Athens accounted for 84 of Greece's 95 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Building collapse was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
23 of its 44 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tigray accounted for 20 of Ethiopia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
60 of its 116 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bangkok accounted for 52 of Thailand's 60 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain.
85 of its 161 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 60 of Ukraine's 85 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 40 of Palestine's 62 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 46 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%.
35 of its 107 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Thailand (50 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in US (156 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in India (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 7,116 stories about harm among 39,521 counted on 26 Sep.
In Thailand's news, mentions of flooding ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 39,521 stories, as usual. Pakistan's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. A year earlier, on 26 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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