We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 83 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 37 of Lebanon's 49 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 75 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 33 of Haiti's 58 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Hurricane was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and landslides.
11 of its 20 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 5 of Abidjan's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Jerusalem accounted for 178 of Israel's 488 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 62 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
108 of its 188 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Hurricane was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding and landslides.
49 of its 92 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
12 of its 15 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
50 of its 167 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Jamaica (77 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Canada (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Australia (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Israel (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 15,384 stories about harm among 93,847 counted on 23 Oct.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 12 November 2024. 16 in every 100 of the day's 93,847 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. In Jamaica's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 7 times their usual. Lebanon stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 23 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 16 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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