We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 134 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 61 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
108 of its 176 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 73 of Iran's 108 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 39 of Tehran's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
51 of its 120 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kampala accounted for 24 of Uganda's 51 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 20 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hurricane.
22 of its 38 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
635 of its 928 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 554 of Palestine's 635 stories about harm, carried by 656 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 249 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Harare accounted for 45 of Zimbabwe's 77 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
196 of its 572 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (196 stories). Building collapse was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 78 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Jamaica (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in US (54 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storm surge in UK (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Nov. 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 22,256 stories about harm among 116,276 counted on 1 Nov.
Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Jamaica's news. of the day's 116,276 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. A year earlier, on 1 November 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over October, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in October 2022.
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 softer 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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