We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 114 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Caracas accounted for 38 of Venezuela's 51 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 20 of Caracas' 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
102 of its 173 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Karak accounted for 79 of Jordan's 102 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
41 of its 52 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
100 of its 150 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 39 of Palestine's 100 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Paris accounted for 117 of France's 171 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. 92 of Paris' 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 64 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 133 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
11 of its 39 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 10 of Prague's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 6 of Tirana's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Nigeria (119 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Brazil (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Switzerland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Mexico (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (117 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 11,220 stories about harm among 62,578 counted on 26 Oct.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 19 September 2026. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 62,578 stories, below the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Venezuela. In Venezuela, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. On 26 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 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 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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