25 Oct: 24 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — about the world's share.
How it moved
Jamaica: stories about people being harmed, out of every 100 of its stories
Dashed line: the world. Shaded: its normal range over these days.
Key events
the events its news covered most, newest on the rightScroll sideways for earlier events. Key events are the most covered, not necessarily the most harmful: attacks, accidents and disasters, displacement, protests and outbreaks, ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported them and how clearly they were about one thing, so every year competes fairly.
Its biggest days
when the news pointed at Jamaica mostNothing about Jamaica stood out from its usual in these days.
In detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
About 3 million people live in Jamaica. Over these days its news carried 6.1 stories about people being harmed for every million people — about 8 times the world's rate (0.8 per million).
How much of the world's attention reached it for its size: coverage per person, not harm per person. Population is approximate (about 2023).
Parts of life
Share of its stories about people being harmed, by part of life.
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people affected3 Stories reporting people injured2 Stories reporting people killed2 Stories reporting arrests1Harsh or warm words
Its stories' words were about as the world's.
Filled dot: Jamaica. Ring: the world. Measured over 17 stories.
Feelings
Too few stories to read its feelings.
Its neighbours, same days
Cuba50 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice Haiti83 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence Dominican Republic40 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed · mostly disasters & accidentsCountries that share a border on the map (the nearest ones for an island). A country with few stories ranks lower.
Where it happened
Accidents & disasters
Jamaica (bright) and its neighbours. Dots: its key events in these days. Click a dot for its stories.