We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
136 of its 174 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. el Fasher accounted for 83 of Sudan's 136 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
838 of its 1,084 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (100 stories). Typhoon was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
56 of its 85 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 19 of Douala's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories).
92 of its 262 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
99 of its 137 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Hurricane was named in 91 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms, landslides and tropical storm.
36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tbilisi accounted for 35 of Georgia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bamako accounted for 13 of Mali's 15 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
111 of its 354 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.
Caracas accounted for 48 of Venezuela's 101 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 60 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Cuba (91 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Georgia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Philippines (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 16,204 stories about harm among 92,885 counted on 28 Oct.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Jamaica and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 92,885 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Sudan. In Sudan, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 67% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 October 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 softer 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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