We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
598 of its 770 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Seoul accounted for 540 of South Korea's 598 stories about harm, carried by 855 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (360 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
173 of its 183 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mogadishu accounted for 148 of Somalia's 173 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
143 of its 199 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tehran accounted for 46 of Iran's 143 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 40 of Tehran's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
201 of its 361 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). Tropical storm was named in 122 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding and tsunami.
39 of its 82 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 39 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories).
22 of its 34 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Khartoum accounted for 14 of Sudan's 16 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 9 of Khartoum's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
728 of its 2,827 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (88 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 126 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse.
46 of its 64 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Hebron accounted for 31 of Palestine's 46 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
12 of its 20 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: bridge collapse in India (126 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Russia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Canada (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 7,975 stories about harm among 37,871 counted on 30 Oct.
South Korea stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 37,871 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about South Korea and Somalia. the news turned to South Korea for the second day running. A year earlier, on 30 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 5 of 7 days.
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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