We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
141 of its 300 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 98 of Ukraine's 141 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
42 of its 71 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Puntland accounted for 30 of Somalia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 79 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Vienna accounted for 28 of Austria's 32 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets.
29 of its 81 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (26 stories).
27 of its 93 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tel Aviv accounted for 217 of Israel's 460 stories about harm, carried by 444 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.
136 of its 246 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Baghdad accounted for 92 of Iraq's 136 stories about harm, carried by 440 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 48 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
28 of its 55 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Saudi Arabia (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Canada (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 12,994 stories about harm among 72,096 counted on 30 Sep.
Zimbabwe's news mentioned helicopter crash more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 72,096 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 30 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 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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