We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,071 of its 1,317 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Hamam al-Alil accounted for 650 of Iraq's 1,071 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (226 stories). Cholera was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
337 of its 653 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Wan Chai accounted for 234 of Hong Kong's 337 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
31 of its 116 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 15 of Musudan's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
252 of its 350 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Pak Beng accounted for 249 of Laos' 252 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (120 stories).
90 of its 98 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Banibangou accounted for 51 of Niger's 90 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
98 of its 112 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Srebrenica accounted for 97 of Bosnia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
53 of its 60 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
205 of its 303 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tirana accounted for 196 of Albania's 205 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories).
264 of its 297 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (234 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
173 of its 248 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (33 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Bolivia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Bangladesh (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Canada (145 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 48,084 stories about harm among 276,412 counted on 8 Nov.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed in all 313 days held. the news turned to Iraq for the second day running. Mentions of the cholera ran about 7 times their usual in Yemen's news. of the day's 276,412 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.
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 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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