We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
69 of its 117 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Caracas accounted for 43 of Venezuela's 69 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
260 of its 463 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Riyadh accounted for 191 of Saudi Arabia's 260 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
311 of its 624 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 138 of Russia's 311 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 167 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and flu. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
222 of its 775 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 92 of Paris' 138 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories).
185 of its 342 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 66 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 58 of Palestine's 80 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 152 of Israel's 451 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 137 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in US (585 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in China (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Iran (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 14,564 stories about harm among 73,166 counted on 8 Oct.
In Venezuela, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 73,166 stories, above the usual 19. Mentions of respiratory illness ran about three times their usual in Russia's news. A year earlier, on 8 October 2025, 17 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 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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