We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
325 of its 639 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Philippine accounted for 149 of the Philippines' 325 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Tsunami was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 104 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 11 of Oujda's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 86 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Buenos Aires accounted for 23 of Argentina's 26 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 68 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
152 of its 303 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Sidoarjo accounted for 62 of Indonesia's 152 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (75 stories). Building collapse was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
65 of its 122 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storm surge.
179 of its 695 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (31 stories). House fires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
53 of Tel Aviv's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
40 of its 118 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Indonesia (34 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heatwave in Switzerland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Bermuda (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 15,911 stories about harm among 90,892 counted on 1 Oct.
In the Philippines' news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 90,892 stories, below the usual 19. the Philippines' news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. A year earlier, on 1 October 2024, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Over September, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in September 2024.
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 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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