We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
136 of its 187 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Sumatra accounted for 57 of Indonesia's 136 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 106 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain, tropical storm and typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
137 of its 327 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 105 of Ukraine's 137 stories about harm, carried by 336 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
9 of its 22 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 5 of Yerevan's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
163 of its 197 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Colombo accounted for 101 of Sri Lanka's 163 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts.
102 of its 187 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Caracas accounted for 55 of Venezuela's 102 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
125 of its 167 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
100 of its 164 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Gaza accounted for 62 of Palestine's 100 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
282 of its 687 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
59 of its 97 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Beirut accounted for 55 of Lebanon's 59 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (132 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Canada (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in India (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 7,767 stories about harm among 40,730 counted on 30 Nov.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 12 October 2025. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 40,730 stories, above the usual 16. It was the third day running that the news turned to Indonesia. In Indonesia, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. Indonesia's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Nigeria, on 3 of 7 days.
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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