We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
321 of its 980 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Paris accounted for 225 of France's 321 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. 115 of Paris' 225 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
115 of its 169 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Karak accounted for 97 of Jordan's 115 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
75 of its 163 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Taipei accounted for 49 of Taiwan's 75 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Typhoon was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.
17 of its 25 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 12 of Haiti's 17 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
116 of its 162 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Hebron accounted for 67 of Palestine's 116 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
303 of its 1,427 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Earthquake was named in 150 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
12 of its 20 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 70 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
11 of its 41 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 5 of Budapest's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
56 of its 156 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in China (150 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Spain (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (89 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in UK (184 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Venezuela (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 13,203 stories about harm among 69,155 counted on 23 Oct.
For the seventh day running, the news turned to France. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 69,155 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 October 2025, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In France, 33% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual.
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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