We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
238 of its 321 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Herat accounted for 160 of Afghanistan's 238 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (128 stories). Building collapse was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
2,530 of its 3,049 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,185 of Israel's 2,530 stories about harm, carried by 1,367 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (252 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
155 of its 237 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 155 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 67 of Tehran's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
48 of its 118 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
52 of its 63 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Guayaquil accounted for 32 of Ecuador's 52 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
93 of its 280 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Ankara accounted for 55 of Türkiye's 75 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 136 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
62 of its 84 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
183 of its 479 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); typhoon in Vietnam (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Australia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in India (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 13,738 stories about harm among 63,680 counted on 7 Oct.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 2 January 2023. 22 in every 100 of the day's 63,680 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 5 times the usual rate. People injured were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. Mentions of wildfires ran about 9 times their usual in Indonesia's news.
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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