We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
176 of its 357 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 114 of Iran's 176 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 187 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Train derailment was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
66 of its 93 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Darfur accounted for 25 of Sudan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
53 of its 217 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
96 of its 187 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 76 of Kashmir's 96 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
101 of its 325 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 155 of Palestine's 296 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
9 of its 23 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
8 of its 34 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (56 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); oil spill in Singapore (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Spain (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 17,570 stories about harm among 102,714 counted on 29 Oct.
Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Norway's news. of the day's 102,714 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. A year earlier, on 30 October 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Iran's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%.
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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