We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
228 of its 453 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Warsaw accounted for 178 of Poland's 228 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 115 of Warsaw's 178 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (210 stories). Plane crash was named in 152 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 543 of Syria's 779 stories about harm, carried by 556 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (110 stories). Poisoning was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
2,696 of its 3,767 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (526 stories). Landslides were named in 903 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.
230 of its 356 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Budapest accounted for 213 of Hungary's 230 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (211 stories).
67 of its 111 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dakar accounted for 64 of Senegal's 67 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories).
106 of its 244 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Vienna accounted for 87 of Austria's 106 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (46 stories).
442 of its 1,457 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 42 of Catemaco's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (216 stories).
326 of its 1,027 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
137 of its 537 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
109 of its 228 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Guatemala (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Israel (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Russia (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 49,221 stories about harm among 242,994 counted on 14 Nov.
In Poland's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 242,994 stories, as usual. Poland's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%.
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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