We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
361 of its 460 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Ankara accounted for 313 of Türkiye's 361 stories about harm, carried by 602 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (268 stories). Accidents were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
245 of its 870 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 104 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain and rabies. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
140 of its 393 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 105 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Yerevan accounted for 25 of Armenia's 57 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
313 of its 648 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Polio was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Cholera was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
21 of its 43 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
12 of its 23 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
16 of its 18 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
5 of its 5 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 3 of la Paz's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in India (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 10,227 stories about harm among 56,581 counted on 1 Oct.
Türkiye stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 56,581 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Vietnam's news mentioned flooding about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 1 October 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Armenia, on 5 of 7 days. Over September, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in September 2022.
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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