We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,446 of its 1,713 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Bashiqa accounted for 702 of Iraq's 1,446 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (240 stories). Cholera was named in 304 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
52 of its 76 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 16 of Khartoum's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
36 of its 40 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bora Bora accounted for 36 of French Polynesia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets.
88 of its 138 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories).
265 of its 305 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Bamako accounted for 93 of Mali's 265 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 189 of Yemen's 221 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera and outbreaks. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
157 of Karachi's 219 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (213 stories). Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
128 of its 253 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Phnom Penh accounted for 108 of Cambodia's 128 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 60 of Phnom Penh's 108 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Plague was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
112 of its 144 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (60 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in Italy (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (157 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 47,456 stories about harm among 254,555 counted on 7 Nov.
Mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual in Yemen's news. of the day's 254,555 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Iraq stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 75%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
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 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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