We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
42 of its 144 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Riyadh accounted for 31 of Saudi Arabia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
252 of its 729 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Dengue was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria and outbreaks.
53 of its 196 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Covid was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, cyclone and flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
251 of its 654 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Paris accounted for 199 of France's 251 stories about harm, carried by 450 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 117 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 64 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
489 of its 723 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 430 of Palestine's 489 stories about harm, carried by 671 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
3,001 of its 4,103 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (516 stories). Accidents were named in 90 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of its 158 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in UK (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Australia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Israel (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 13,488 stories about harm among 63,043 counted on 14 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 63,043 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in New Zealand's news. In Saudi Arabia, 29% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual.
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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