We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
3,011 of its 4,136 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (416 stories). Wildfires were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 60 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
55 of its 165 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Cairo accounted for 39 of Egypt's 55 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories).
15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
52 of its 161 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Riyadh accounted for 40 of Saudi Arabia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
87 of its 398 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 312 of Palestine's 368 stories about harm, carried by 471 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 88 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
25 of its 80 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
32 of its 41 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Khartoum accounted for 17 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Vietnam (64 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Poland (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Iran (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 11,866 stories about harm among 54,448 counted on 15 Oct.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Nigeria. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Vietnam's news. of the day's 54,448 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 7 of them.
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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