We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,028 of its 2,844 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tel Aviv accounted for 788 of Israel's 2,028 stories about harm, carried by 1,220 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (1,474 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
265 of its 549 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Islamabad accounted for 107 of Pakistan's 265 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
77 of its 229 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Landslides were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 79 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 9 of Havana's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
26 of its 32 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 107 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 36 of Afghanistan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
45 of its 161 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 of Bern's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 251 of Palestine's 314 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Slovakia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Philippines (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in US (133 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in UK (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 14,105 stories about harm among 75,851 counted on 13 Oct.
Abductions were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 75,851 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Israel. Israel stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 65%.
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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