We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
138 of its 192 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Dakar accounted for 137 of Senegal's 138 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories). Drownings were named in 126 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
143 of its 192 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kigali accounted for 130 of Rwanda's 143 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 74 of Kigali's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,262 of its 2,891 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Paris accounted for 1,157 of France's 1,262 stories about harm, carried by 1,001 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (207 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
65 of its 93 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,664 of its 5,290 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 196 of Canberra's 389 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (623 stories). HIV was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Sanaa accounted for 108 of Yemen's 121 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 101 of Sanaa's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Power cuts were named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
2,084 of its 3,050 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (507 stories). Landslides were named in 234 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
438 of its 580 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
134 of its 228 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Drought was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
389 of its 977 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 332 of Seoul's 337 stories were about protests or strikes. Flooding was named in 223 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Yemen (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Morocco (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Korea (223 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Chile (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 32,774 stories about harm among 137,610 counted on 13 Nov.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 9 October 2016. of the day's 137,610 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Senegal stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Senegal's news. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about New Zealand and the US.
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 about as 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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