We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
82 of its 179 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kyiv accounted for 60 of Ukraine's 82 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
268 of its 317 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Storm surge was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
222 of its 558 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Paris accounted for 199 of France's 222 stories about harm, carried by 461 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories).
20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 4 of Douala's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
53 of its 85 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
73 of its 160 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
38 of its 41 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 25 of Haiti's 38 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
133 of its 433 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 104 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 63 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Cuba (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Timor-Leste (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Australia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 7,842 stories about harm among 44,937 counted on 26 Oct.
The news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. 17 in every 100 of the day's 44,937 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cuba's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 6 times their usual. Ukraine stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. A year earlier, on 26 October 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Colombia, on 3 of 7 days.
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 harsher than 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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