We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
422 of its 916 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Makhachkala accounted for 200 of Russia's 422 stories about harm, carried by 402 outlets. 192 of Makhachkala's 200 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
68 of its 173 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hope Bay accounted for 36 of Jamaica's 68 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Earthquake was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 74 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 198 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
127 of its 261 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 89 of Bangladesh's 127 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 62 of Dhaka's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). 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.
Acapulco accounted for 128 of Mexico's 190 stories about harm, carried by 456 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Tropical storm was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane.
Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 91 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. 33 of Tehran's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
50 of its 150 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
73 of its 153 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in El Salvador (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in India (126 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Canada (32 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 19,839 stories about harm among 101,244 counted on 30 Oct.
In Jamaica's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 101,244 stories, as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Russia. In Russia, 46% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. On 30 October 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 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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