We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
92 of its 118 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 65 of Tanzania's 92 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 62 of Dar es Salaam's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
141 of its 172 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. el Fasher accounted for 58 of Sudan's 141 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 70 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were 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.
132 of its 641 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
90 of its 135 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Santiago de Cuba accounted for 38 of Cuba's 90 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
102 of its 283 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
7 of Tehran's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
299 of its 445 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. the Black River accounted for 110 of Jamaica's 299 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets.
29 of its 59 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
159 of its 567 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories).
Also named far more than usual: measles in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Israel (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in UK (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in US (35 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 14,514 stories about harm among 90,914 counted on 31 Oct.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 7 November 2024. Stories about people being harmed made up 16 in every 100 of the day's 90,914 stories, below the usual 18. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Papua New Guinea's news. For the third day running, the news turned to Tanzania. Tanzania stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%.
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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