We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
210 of its 822 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 88 of Paris' 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 72 of Ukraine's 103 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Power cuts were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hepatitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 166 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 24 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. 5 of Ebola's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
8 of its 23 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
42 of its 109 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bangkok accounted for 34 of Thailand's 42 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets.
8 of its 19 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mexico (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in India (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 12,334 stories about harm among 65,259 counted on 2 Oct.
Of the day's 65,259 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 2 October 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 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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