We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
144 of its 179 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Khanyar accounted for 57 of Kashmir's 144 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
42 of its 72 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Valencia accounted for 39 of Venezuela's 42 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 10 of Chapare's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories).
28 of its 94 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
184 of its 424 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
117 of its 223 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 74 of Iran's 117 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
308 of its 908 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 85 of Abuja's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 74 of Palestine's 97 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Polio was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 234 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 173 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: polio in Palestine (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Israel (52 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Japan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in India (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Nov. 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 10,084 stories about harm among 57,037 counted on 2 Nov.
In Kashmir, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 57,037 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 November 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 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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