We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 99 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 10 of Santa Marta's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 136 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Doha accounted for 30 of Qatar's 33 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 264 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 9 of Rome's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 32 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Sanaa accounted for 20 of Yemen's 27 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
187 of its 298 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Gaza accounted for 157 of Palestine's 187 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 173 of Israel's 590 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
198 of its 669 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 26 of Abuja's 47 stories were about protests or strikes.
58 of its 245 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Germany (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in US (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 7,690 stories about harm among 43,309 counted on 19 Oct.
On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 43,309 stories, as usual. Colombia's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. In the Philippines' news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 5 times their usual. On 19 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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 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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