We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
64 of its 133 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bogota accounted for 30 of Colombia's 64 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
368 of its 1,097 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 81 of Abuja's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 45 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
214 of its 1,155 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Tornadoes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
17 of its 39 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 5 of Bystrica's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 17 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 3 of Imbabura's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Gaza accounted for 103 of Palestine's 149 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 59 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Hurricane was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.
38 of its 133 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).
9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Haiti (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Australia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); whooping cough in US (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 15,352 stories about harm among 92,235 counted on 21 Oct.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 9 April 2025. of the day's 92,235 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. the news turned to Colombia for the third day running. Mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual in Haiti's news. In Colombia, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% 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 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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