We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
33 of its 66 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lima accounted for 29 of Peru's 33 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 26 of Lima's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
179 of its 270 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Caracas accounted for 76 of Venezuela's 179 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
64 of its 150 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Bucharest accounted for 56 of Romania's 64 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories).
23 of its 62 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
122 of its 250 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 67 of Bangladesh's 122 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 38 of Dhaka's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
115 of its 180 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 85 of Afghanistan's 115 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
222 of its 506 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories).
87 of its 292 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories).
21 of its 42 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in US (84 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in UK (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 15,131 stories about harm among 90,338 counted on 17 Oct.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 9 April 2025. 17 in every 100 of the day's 90,338 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. For the second day running, the news turned to Peru. the US's news mentioned the typhoon about 6 times as often as usual. Peru's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%.
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 harsher 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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