We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
679 of its 1,202 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 500 of Malaysia's 679 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. 479 of Kuala Lumpur's 500 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories).
433 of its 813 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Cairo accounted for 298 of Egypt's 433 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (176 stories). Road crashes were named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
76 of its 107 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Algiers accounted for 74 of Algeria's 76 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories).
86 of its 202 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Wildfires were named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.
252 of its 439 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jakarta accounted for 177 of Indonesia's 252 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 152 of Jakarta's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
77 of its 95 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Dinka accounted for 58 of South Sudan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
107 of its 163 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
86 of its 280 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 77 of Buenos Aires' 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
165 of its 829 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
101 of its 282 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in France (128 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malawi (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Armenia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Türkiye (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Philippines (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 35,487 stories about harm among 158,070 counted on 19 Nov.
Malaysia's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 158,070 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above 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 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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