We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
272 of its 321 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Balkh accounted for 99 of Afghanistan's 272 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (206 stories). Earthquake was named in 248 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
98 of its 148 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 22 of Dar es Salaam's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories).
122 of its 334 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 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.
5 of its 14 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
135 of its 494 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche.
59 of its 102 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Avalanche was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Freetown's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
544 of its 1,314 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
42 of its 69 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tbilisi accounted for 40 of Georgia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets.
15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (54 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Italy (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (113 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 14,246 stories about harm among 84,669 counted on 3 Nov.
Of the day's 84,669 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 3 November 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 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 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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