We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 92 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 8 of Bogota's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
47 of its 62 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 28 of Haiti's 47 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Landslides were named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.
116 of its 194 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Plague was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 50 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Vilnius accounted for 13 of Lithuania's 17 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.
32 of its 73 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. the Caribbean Sea accounted for 23 of Belize's 32 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Islamabad accounted for 73 of Pakistan's 183 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 83 of Palestine's 113 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
144 of its 249 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Landslides were named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and storm surge.
37 of its 71 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
66 of its 114 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 37 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Jamaica (58 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Australia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in India (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in UK (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 14,815 stories about harm among 89,295 counted on 24 Oct.
Mentions of landslides ran about 9 times their usual in Haiti's news. of the day's 89,295 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Colombia stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%. On 24 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as 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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