We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
57 of its 89 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Damascus accounted for 23 of Syria's 57 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 162 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 134 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Masr accounted for 33 of Egypt's 46 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
20 of its 98 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 11 of Lisbon's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
73 of its 148 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Karak accounted for 37 of Jordan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 76 of Ukraine's 153 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 83 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 60 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
406 of its 1,264 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 35 of Palestine's 84 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (204 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Israel (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in US (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 12,841 stories about harm among 72,246 counted on 27 Oct.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 19 September 2026. 18 in every 100 of the day's 72,246 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. Syria stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. A year earlier, on 27 October 2025, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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