We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
177 of its 559 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Moscow accounted for 101 of Russia's 177 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
40 of its 135 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Overdoses were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hurricane was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tropical storm.
37 of its 131 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 151 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
109 of its 272 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 55 of Bangladesh's 109 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories).
12 of Antananarivo's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
5 of Quito's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon and landslides.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Nepal (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in China (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Canada (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 15,865 stories about harm among 89,693 counted on 9 Oct.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 89,693 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. A year earlier, on 9 October 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Russia, 32% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual.
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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