We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
54 of its 164 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Seoul accounted for 41 of South Korea's 54 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
160 of its 340 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 131 of Bangladesh's 160 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 94 of Dhaka's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories).
134 of its 369 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (368 stories). Extreme cold was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Acapulco accounted for 83 of Mexico's 101 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Power cuts were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 76 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 38 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
851 of its 3,642 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (325 stories). Train derailment was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Tehran accounted for 38 of Iran's 68 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 468 of Israel's 1,780 stories about harm, carried by 579 outlets. Building collapse was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Iran (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Mexico (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 11,040 stories about harm among 53,052 counted on 29 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 53,052 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. South Korea stood out: 33% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. Mentions of the cyclone ran about 5 times their usual in New Zealand's news. A year earlier, on 29 October 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 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 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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