We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
360 of its 746 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Madrid accounted for 223 of Spain's 360 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Train derailment was named in 138 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 38 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (47 stories). Cyclone was named in 248 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, storm surge and avalanche.
5 of Tbilisi's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
45 of its 95 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Damascus accounted for 22 of Syria's 45 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 60 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 98 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hurricane was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Khartoum accounted for 18 of Sudan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Drought was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, storms and malaria.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Jamaica (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in France (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Ghana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in US (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 12,779 stories about harm among 73,467 counted on 28 Oct.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 17 September 2026. In Spain's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Spain stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 73,467 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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