We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
123 of its 212 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Lantau accounted for 99 of Hong Kong's 123 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 124 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 13 of Bogota's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
49 of its 55 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Sanaa accounted for 33 of Yemen's 49 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
22 of its 36 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. the Caribbean Sea accounted for 20 of Belize's 22 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Tropical storm was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hurricane.
19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tbilisi accounted for 16 of Georgia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. 15 of Tbilisi's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
32 of its 74 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 8 of Gyumri's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
18 of its 27 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. the Red Sea accounted for 17 of Djibouti's 18 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
395 of its 1,105 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 130 of Abuja's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 134 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
32 of its 191 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in New Zealand (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in South Korea (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in India (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 12,518 stories about harm among 74,729 counted on 20 Oct.
Hong Kong stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 74,729 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. In Belize's news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 8 times their usual. On 20 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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 about as 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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