We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
35 of its 72 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tirana accounted for 31 of Albania's 35 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 27 of Tirana's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
40 of its 74 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
105 of its 385 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Rome accounted for 81 of Italy's 105 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Illness was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
297 of its 604 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Riyadh accounted for 219 of Saudi Arabia's 297 stories about harm, carried by 310 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
205 of its 471 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 34 of Tehran's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Bangkok accounted for 48 of Thailand's 64 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 154 of Ukraine's 212 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Power cuts were named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 26 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
House fires were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (62 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Thailand (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); extreme cold in US (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 14,031 stories about harm among 74,596 counted on 14 Oct.
In Albania, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 74,596 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Albania. In Ukraine's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 7 times their usual. On 14 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 much softer 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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