We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
48 of its 101 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Dubai accounted for 39 of the United Arab Emirates' 48 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). 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.
56 of its 192 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured 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.
161 of its 390 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 37 of Islamabad's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 51 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (11 stories).
277 of its 435 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tel Aviv accounted for 132 of Israel's 277 stories about harm, carried by 391 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 70 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tigray accounted for 32 of Ethiopia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of Paris' 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 59 of Ukraine's 77 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
111 of its 193 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Oman Air accounted for 62 of Oman's 111 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets.
53 of its 95 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 10 of Havana's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mexico (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Spain (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plague in Russia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in US (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 7,622 stories about harm among 39,056 counted on 3 Oct.
United Arab Emirates stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 10%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 39,056 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 October 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 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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