We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
347 of its 595 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 218 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks and covid. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 47 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Shuaiba accounted for 23 of Kuwait's 28 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
101 of its 150 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Gaza accounted for 53 of Palestine's 101 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
131 of its 609 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 52 of Okinawa's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories).
45 of its 82 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tigray accounted for 40 of Ethiopia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 182 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories).
401 of its 646 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 148 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
64 of its 96 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories).
51 of its 184 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Argentina (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in US (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 11,841 stories about harm among 62,107 counted on 5 Oct.
In Russia's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 62,107 stories, as usual. Russia's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. On 5 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as 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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