We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
186 of its 240 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 121 of Palestine's 186 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
282 of its 651 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Philippine accounted for 161 of the Philippines' 282 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).
76 of its 139 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
47 of its 173 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 38 of Tbilisi's 44 stories were about protests or strikes.
39 of its 57 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 82 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 64 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 163 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 64 of Kashmir's 82 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 142 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Tehran accounted for 155 of Iran's 237 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (45 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in China (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in India (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in US (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 15,622 stories about harm among 91,841 counted on 28 Oct.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 7 June 2024. 17 in every 100 of the day's 91,841 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. Pakistan's news mentioned the polio about 7 times as often as usual. On 29 October 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 17 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 about as 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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