We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
33 of its 63 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Tirana accounted for 32 of Albania's 33 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 31 of Tirana's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
270 of its 507 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Peshawar accounted for 137 of Pakistan's 270 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Building collapse was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 77 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Caracas accounted for 35 of Venezuela's 45 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 182 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and storms.
221 of its 496 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
52 of its 94 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Riyadh accounted for 144 of Saudi Arabia's 210 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
5 of Yaounde's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). House fires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kyiv accounted for 131 of Ukraine's 182 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Power cuts were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (42 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in US (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 14,099 stories about harm among 73,072 counted on 15 Oct.
The news turned to Albania for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 73,072 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Türkiye's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Albania stood out: 52% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. A year earlier, on 15 October 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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