We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed, and how that changed.
154 of its 307 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Kyiv accounted for 71 of Ukraine's 154 stories mentioning harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 95 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
76 of its 206 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Jakarta accounted for 53 of Indonesia's 76 stories mentioning harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (45 stories).
Gaza accounted for 28 of Palestine's 51 stories mentioning harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 56 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 227 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Outbreaks were named in 33 of its stories mentioning harm, about 4 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Riyadh accounted for 31 of Saudi Arabia's 46 stories mentioning harm, carried by 76 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in UK (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in US (84 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories mentioning people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Nov. 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 11,729 stories mentioning harm among 77,776 counted on 4 Nov.
No day had a lower share of stories mentioning people being harmed since 7 November 2025. the news turned to Ukraine for the third day running. Stories mentioning people being harmed ran about two-thirds of usual, 15 in every 100 of the day's 77,776. In Ukraine, the 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 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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