We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
173 of its 334 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Philippine accounted for 82 of the Philippines' 173 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Tropical storm was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
81 of its 227 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kyiv accounted for 44 of Ukraine's 81 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 60 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 7 of Darfur's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 74 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
374 of its 846 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tehran accounted for 312 of Iran's 374 stories about harm, carried by 548 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 62 of Palestine's 86 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 127 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
218 of its 895 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
12 of its 37 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 17 of Haiti's 19 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 9,990 stories about harm among 58,037 counted on 26 Oct.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 28 July 2024. of the day's 58,037 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. the news turned to the Philippines for the fourth day running. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. In the Philippines, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual.
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 much 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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