We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
471 of its 1,192 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tokyo accounted for 370 of Japan's 471 stories about harm, carried by 750 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Typhoon was named in 393 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, landslides and power cuts.
511 of its 780 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ankara accounted for 190 of Türkiye's 511 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
72 of its 130 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Quito accounted for 71 of Ecuador's 72 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 68 of Quito's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).
80 of its 205 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 41 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Salmossi accounted for 29 of Burkina Faso's 41 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
110 of its 392 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
86 of its 182 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 27 of Hong Kong Island's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
118 of its 338 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories).
14 of its 29 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
7 of its 18 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in France (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in UK (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in US (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Oct. 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 11,443 stories about harm among 59,021 counted on 13 Oct.
Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Japan and the US. 19 in every 100 of the day's 59,021 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Japan stood out: 40% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 14%. It was the second day running that the news turned to Japan. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 7 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.
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 harsher 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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