We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
372 of its 632 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Riyadh accounted for 129 of Saudi Arabia's 372 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
331 of its 947 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Paris accounted for 181 of France's 331 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. 132 of Paris' 181 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
22 of its 32 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 18 of Haiti's 22 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).
437 of its 1,254 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Ebola was named in 171 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria and polio. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
186 of its 776 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
67 of its 158 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
38 of its 153 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Typhoon was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
31 of its 58 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
29 of its 94 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in China (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (34 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (144 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 13,925 stories about harm among 74,129 counted on 22 Oct.
19 in every 100 of the day's 74,129 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 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 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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