We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
46 of its 79 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kathmandu accounted for 34 of Nepal's 46 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Typhoon was named in 20 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.
78 of its 184 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 105 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
8,388 of its 29,797 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (447 stories). Tornadoes were named in 1,198 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storm surge and power cuts.
Gaza accounted for 123 of Palestine's 163 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 57 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 48 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
35 of its 209 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
18 of its 37 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Taiwan (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (1198 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Russia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 20,621 stories about harm among 102,913 counted on 10 Oct.
Nepal's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 102,913 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Nepal, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. A year earlier, on 11 October 2023, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 much 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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