We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
44 of its 65 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tigray accounted for 34 of Ethiopia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
108 of its 176 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Khartoum accounted for 72 of Sudan's 108 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 67 of Khartoum's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 44 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tunis accounted for 19 of Tunisia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
36 of its 51 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
224 of its 751 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Rome accounted for 150 of Italy's 224 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
52 of Islamabad's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 28 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories).
115 of its 195 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories).
21 of its 48 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
16 of its 38 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Haiti (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Italy (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (118 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 20,890 stories about harm among 87,210 counted on 29 Oct.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 11 August 2021. 24 in every 100 of the day's 87,210 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. For the second day running, the news turned to Ethiopia. Haiti's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. Ethiopia's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%.
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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