We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tuzla accounted for 30 of Bosnia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Luang Prabang accounted for 17 of Laos' 19 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 91 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of its 117 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Jammu accounted for 29 of Kashmir's 43 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
288 of its 670 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (127 stories). Typhoon was named in 192 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding, storms and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
204 of its 830 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
42 of its 89 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 97 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
423 of its 1,142 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 17 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (192 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Ireland (28 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Brazil (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in France (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 15,024 stories about harm among 99,660 counted on 5 Nov.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 6 November 2024. In Bosnia, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 15 in every 100 of the day's 99,660 stories, below the usual 17. On 5 November 2024, a year earlier, the share was 16 in every 100, against 15 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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