We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Tehran accounted for 148 of Iran's 328 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. 116 of Tehran's 148 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
113 of its 242 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Cyclone was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 80 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Nablus accounted for 46 of Palestine's 56 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 105 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
239 of its 578 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (55 stories). Earthquake was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and tsunami.
71 of its 237 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heatwave.
107 of its 451 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
14 of its 52 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Bishkek's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
58 of its 89 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Cholera was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Philippines (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Syria (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Egypt (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 16,093 stories about harm among 81,448 counted on 26 Oct.
In Bangladesh's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 81,448 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 26 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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