We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
37 of its 48 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 10 of Quito's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
921 of its 1,239 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Jerusalem accounted for 187 of Israel's 921 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (198 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 213 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Food poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with outbreaks.
20 of its 22 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).
33 of its 46 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 12 of Sagaing's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
35 of its 107 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 6 of Colombo's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
25 of its 70 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Chaguanas accounted for 19 of Trinidad & Tobago's 25 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets.
93 of its 309 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tropical storm was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hurricane, flooding and storms.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hypothermia in China (28 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Spain (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 15,519 stories about harm among 90,572 counted on 8 Oct.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 10 April 2025. 17 in every 100 of the day's 90,572 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Mexico's news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 6 times their usual. Ecuador stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. A year earlier, on 8 October 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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 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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