We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
77 of its 227 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 50 of Kenya's 77 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
146 of its 191 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Karak accounted for 117 of Jordan's 146 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
52 of its 105 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Taipei accounted for 39 of Taiwan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Typhoon was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
283 of its 652 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 234 of France's 283 stories about harm, carried by 529 outlets. 182 of Paris' 234 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
109 of its 288 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
84 of its 125 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Hebron accounted for 53 of Palestine's 84 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 243 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 29 of Milan's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories).
24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
18 of its 36 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 3 of Quneitra's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Spain (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Vanuatu (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in UK (97 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 7,879 stories about harm among 41,369 counted on 24 Oct.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 41,369 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 24 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 harsher 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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