We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
103 of its 159 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Pyongyang accounted for 100 of North Korea's 103 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 96 of Pyongyang's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (99 stories).
179 of its 217 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (107 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
2,677 of its 4,821 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Tokyo accounted for 1,895 of Japan's 2,677 stories about harm, carried by 1,362 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories).
282 of its 589 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (244 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
98 of its 136 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dakar accounted for 94 of Senegal's 98 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 83 of Dakar's 94 stories were about protests or strikes.
134 of its 238 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Konavle accounted for 132 of Croatia's 134 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (129 stories).
195 of its 422 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
200 of its 561 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
53 of its 137 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). HIV was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hepatitis.
289 of its 355 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Iceland (43 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Namibia (39 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Malawi (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (135 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Bolivia (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 59,215 stories about harm among 273,892 counted on 22 Nov.
North Korea's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 273,892 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 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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