We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
247 of its 366 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bangkok accounted for 112 of Thailand's 247 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 115 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 of Minsk's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
44 of its 82 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Easter Island accounted for 30 of Chile's 44 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
38 of its 46 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 27 of Haiti's 38 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Cholera was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks.
267 of its 360 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tehran accounted for 117 of Iran's 267 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 98 of Tehran's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 139 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 17 of Oslo's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
29 of its 37 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Providencia accounted for 16 of Nicaragua's 29 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Hurricane was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.
71 of its 98 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 3 of Ouagadougou's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Ramallah accounted for 18 of Palestine's 34 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 11 of Ramallah's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Nicaragua (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Colombia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Lesotho (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Cuba (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 16,132 stories about harm among 77,476 counted on 7 Oct.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Thailand. of the day's 77,476 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Thailand stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. A year earlier, on 7 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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