We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
107 of its 141 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 58 of Tanzania's 107 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. 57 of Dar es Salaam's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
48 of its 112 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and flooding.
144 of its 164 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. el-Fasher accounted for 68 of Sudan's 144 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
338 of its 889 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
125 of its 476 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Paris accounted for 97 of France's 125 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (77 stories).
129 of its 400 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 176 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
26 of its 88 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Egypt (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in Russia (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Jamaica (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in UK (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Nov. 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 8,749 stories about harm among 56,805 counted on 1 Nov.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 6 November 2024. 15 in every 100 of the day's 56,805 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. For the fourth day running, the news turned to Tanzania. Kenya's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Over October, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in October 2024.
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 much 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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