We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
27 of its 50 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tirana accounted for 24 of Albania's 27 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 22 of Tirana's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
114 of its 185 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 366 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
19 of its 31 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Typhoon was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm.
5 of its 12 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 4 of Ljubljana's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
37 of its 104 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
35 of its 133 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 109 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
9 of its 29 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Türkiye (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Mexico (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Russia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 12,829 stories about harm among 68,701 counted on 16 Oct.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Albania. of the day's 68,701 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Albania stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. Mentions of the typhoon ran about three times their usual in Guam's news. On 16 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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