We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
168 of its 350 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bangkok accounted for 143 of Thailand's 168 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
281 of its 879 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
191 of its 477 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jerusalem accounted for 91 of Israel's 191 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 77 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 37 of Tehran's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
47 of its 111 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides.
284 of its 849 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Philippine accounted for 153 of the Philippines' 284 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (130 stories).
125 of its 385 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Stockholm accounted for 75 of Sweden's 125 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Ankara accounted for 77 of Türkiye's 118 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (75 stories). Poisoning was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with overdoses. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 52 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 5 of Tunis' 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Brazil (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); overdoses in Mexico (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Antarctica (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 20,788 stories about harm among 116,763 counted on 4 Oct.
The news turned to Thailand for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 116,763 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Thailand, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. A year earlier, on 4 October 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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