We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
215 of its 615 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Acapulco accounted for 155 of Mexico's 215 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (111 stories). Power cuts were named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
55 of its 169 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Doha accounted for 36 of Qatar's 55 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories).
428 of its 2,257 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (172 stories). HIV was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.
Tehran accounted for 89 of Iran's 149 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 647 of Israel's 2,364 stories about harm, carried by 968 outlets. Avalanche was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
31 of its 134 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 3 of Amman's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.
8 of its 28 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
38 of its 268 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Vietnam (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in UK (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Israel (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 20,329 stories about harm among 106,404 counted on 27 Oct.
For the third day running, the news turned to Mexico. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 106,404 stories, as usual. Mentions of power cuts ran about 9 times their usual in Mexico's news. In Mexico, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. A year earlier, on 27 October 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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