We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
310 of its 688 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Acapulco accounted for 210 of Mexico's 310 stories about harm, carried by 685 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Hurricane was named in 244 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and storms.
67 of its 95 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Golan Heights accounted for 24 of Syria's 67 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 143 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 35 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 3 of Brazzaville's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
39 of its 95 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Gaza accounted for 366 of Palestine's 492 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 46 of Iran's 91 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 26 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
35 of its 69 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 12 of Reykjavik's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
66 of its 267 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Peru (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (75 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (46 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 22,196 stories about harm among 117,130 counted on 25 Oct.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. 19 in every 100 of the day's 117,130 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mexico's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 5 times their usual. Mexico stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. A year earlier, on 25 October 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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