We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
311 of its 602 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Madrid accounted for 187 of Spain's 311 stories about harm, carried by 332 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (138 stories). Train derailment was named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
162 of its 336 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dnipro accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 162 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
11 of its 12 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 3 of Mogadishu's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
29 of its 57 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 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.
Gaza accounted for 23 of Palestine's 47 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 105 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories).
9 of its 10 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
21 of its 35 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 18 of Haiti's 21 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets.
6 of its 7 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Türkiye (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in India (163 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Syria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in France (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Israel (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 13,057 stories about harm among 72,809 counted on 29 Oct.
In Spain, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 72,809 stories, below the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Spain. On 29 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 today.
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 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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