We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
4,130 of its 8,107 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (3,150 stories). Poisoning was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
575 of its 910 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 458 of Israel's 575 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (184 stories). Drought was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
90 of its 94 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bujumbura accounted for 88 of Burundi's 90 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
100 of its 168 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 30 of Bogota's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
398 of its 486 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mogadishu accounted for 336 of Somalia's 398 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (321 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 237 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 37 of Buenos Aires' 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
216 of its 1,591 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (121 stories). Dengue was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
181 of Manila's 259 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (208 stories). Tropical storm was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
110 of its 150 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
134 of its 148 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tsunami was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Netherlands (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Nicaragua (48 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in South Korea (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 32,412 stories about harm among 141,709 counted on 26 Nov.
In Cuba, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual in Taiwan's news. of the day's 141,709 news stories, 23 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 harsher 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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