We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
143 of its 295 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 73 of Bangladesh's 143 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Cyclone was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
54 of its 159 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 118 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
89 of its 134 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 23 of Reykjavik's 23 stories were about protests or strikes.
38 of its 148 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Taipei accounted for 26 of Taiwan's 38 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
136 of its 433 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 48 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Illness was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 381 of Palestine's 450 stories about harm, carried by 507 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cyclone was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain and hurricane.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Vanuatu (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Nicaragua (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Romania (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Vietnam (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Mexico (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 21,140 stories about harm among 108,249 counted on 24 Oct.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 108,249 stories, as usual. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. For the second day running, the news turned to Bangladesh. Vanuatu's news mentioned the cyclone about 5 times as often as 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 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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