We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
64 of its 70 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jablanica accounted for 63 of Bosnia's 64 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 110 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 38 of Haiti's 82 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
47 of its 87 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories).
84 of its 220 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Typhoon was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.
62 of its 163 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Illness was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
43 of its 64 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Sanaa accounted for 36 of Yemen's 43 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
136 of its 184 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tulkarm accounted for 61 of Palestine's 136 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 312 of Lebanon's 368 stories about harm, carried by 640 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 101 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Taiwan (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Vietnam (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Thailand (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Ghana (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 18,496 stories about harm among 98,810 counted on 4 Oct.
Bosnia stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 98,810 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Vietnam's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 5 October 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 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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