We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
101 of its 177 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kampala accounted for 66 of Uganda's 101 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Road crashes were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
197 of its 480 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kyiv accounted for 113 of Ukraine's 197 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
306 of its 1,261 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 115 of Dublin's 180 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
317 of its 1,045 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 85 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lima accounted for 26 of Peru's 33 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 20 of Lima's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
56 of its 77 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 26 of Haiti's 56 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.
56 of its 152 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Abidjan's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Beirut accounted for 29 of Lebanon's 37 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Haiti (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (26 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Taiwan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 15,894 stories about harm among 93,737 counted on 22 Oct.
In Haiti's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 93,737 stories, below the usual 18. Uganda's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. On 22 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 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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