We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,180 of its 1,536 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tel Aviv accounted for 283 of Israel's 1,180 stories about harm, carried by 531 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (508 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 66 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 55 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
68 of its 188 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Food poisoning was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
15 of its 61 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.
232 of its 341 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 195 of Palestine's 232 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 28 of Iran's 48 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Train derailment was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 48 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in China (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Pakistan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 15,701 stories about harm among 89,676 counted on 7 Oct.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 89,676 stories, below the usual 19. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. A year earlier, on 7 October 2024, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Israel stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 64%.
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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