We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
640 of its 816 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Riyadh accounted for 596 of Saudi Arabia's 640 stories about harm, carried by 728 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (535 stories). Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
73 of its 79 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Obock accounted for 52 of Djibouti's 73 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,132 of its 3,253 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 550 of Delhi's 602 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (405 stories).
15 of its 31 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
98 of its 114 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Gorkha accounted for 79 of Nepal's 98 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
57 of its 145 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Storm surge was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
21 of its 27 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 40 of Palestine's 64 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 117 of Russia's 175 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Mexico (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (90 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in UK (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 7,738 stories about harm among 34,116 counted on 11 Oct.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 8 October 2023. the news turned to Saudi Arabia for the fourth day running. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Saudi Arabia and the US. of the day's 34,116 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. This week the news turned most often to Russia, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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