We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
294 of its 783 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Islamabad accounted for 139 of Pakistan's 294 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 108 of Islamabad's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 35 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jablanica accounted for 26 of Bosnia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
52 of its 81 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 22 of Haiti's 52 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with rabies. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
47 of its 47 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tocoa accounted for 43 of Honduras' 47 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 43 of Tocoa's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 210 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with earthquake.
Beirut accounted for 212 of Lebanon's 276 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 132 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
81 of its 237 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
14 of its 43 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Mexico (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in UK (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 10,955 stories about harm among 56,794 counted on 5 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 56,794 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Pakistan stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. On 6 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 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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