We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed, and how that changed.
123 of its 242 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Kyiv accounted for 45 of Ukraine's 123 stories mentioning harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
57 of its 146 stories mentioned people being harmed, about twice usual. Warsaw accounted for 47 of Poland's 57 stories mentioning harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories).
62 of its 244 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Wildfires were named in 26 of its stories mentioning harm, about 4 times usual.
59 of its 89 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Gaza accounted for 25 of Palestine's 59 stories mentioning harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 87 of Iran's 145 stories mentioning harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
42 of its 75 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Paris accounted for 102 of France's 125 stories mentioning harm, carried by 443 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 41 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in India (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in US (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories mentioning people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 7,410 stories mentioning harm among 41,178 counted on 31 Oct.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Ukraine. Harm in the news ran about as usual: 18 in every 100 of the day's 41,178 stories mentioned people being harmed. Canada's news mentioned wildfires about 4 times as often as usual. Ukraine's news mentioned people being harmed about one and a half times as often as usual.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Events with at least 20 stories from 30 outlets.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, outbreaks. Only events with at least 20 stories from 30 outlets. 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 mentioning people being harmed, the part of life their words point to most. Read each against its usual (the mark), not against the others.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as 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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