We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
488 of its 873 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (363 stories). Storms were named in 146 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, train derailment and drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
332 of its 783 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Philippine accounted for 198 of the Philippines' 332 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 129 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 123 of Palestine's 200 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 78 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Valencia accounted for 33 of Venezuela's 40 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
25 of its 35 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
59 of its 224 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Hurricane was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Taiwan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Mexico (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Australia (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in China (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in India (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 17,613 stories about harm among 104,724 counted on 30 Oct.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 7 June 2024. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 104,724 stories, below the usual 19. Spain's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. In Spain's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. On 31 October 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 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 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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