We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
260 of its 709 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Creeslough accounted for 174 of Ireland's 260 stories about harm, carried by 374 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 60 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Jenin accounted for 32 of Palestine's 50 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 27 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 7 of Minsk's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
25 of its 44 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
187 of its 259 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tehran accounted for 124 of Iran's 187 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 99 of Tehran's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
70 of its 167 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jerusalem accounted for 55 of Israel's 70 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
83 of its 162 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 25 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Providencia accounted for 15 of Nicaragua's 21 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Hurricane was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tropical storm, storms and landslides.
19 of its 49 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Nicaragua (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in India (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 9,071 stories about harm among 42,557 counted on 8 Oct.
In Ireland, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 42,557 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 8 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 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?
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.
Create a free accountSign in · a username, an email and a password.