We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
64 of its 110 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Skopje accounted for 58 of North Macedonia's 64 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
138 of its 327 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Amman accounted for 123 of Jordan's 138 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (85 stories).
Ramallah accounted for 214 of Palestine's 350 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
46 of its 118 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
121 of its 606 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
66 of its 135 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cabinda accounted for 59 of Angola's 66 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets.
14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
66 of its 163 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).
26 of its 60 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Chikungunya was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dengue.
14 of its 29 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Greenland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Puerto Rico (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Egypt (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Zimbabwe (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Ghana (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 48,597 stories about harm among 273,130 counted on 10 Nov.
North Macedonia's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. In Greenland's news, mentions of extreme cold ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 273,130 stories, below the usual 20.
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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