We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
136 of its 285 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Banjul accounted for 115 of the Gambia's 136 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 96 of Banjul's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
144 of its 242 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Pyongyang accounted for 122 of North Korea's 144 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
164 of its 221 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jammu accounted for 137 of Kashmir's 164 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
278 of its 693 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
285 of its 323 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 145 of Sudan's 285 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 136 of Khartoum's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories).
113 of its 143 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
347 of its 546 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
432 of its 1,005 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (166 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
157 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Bujumbura accounted for 132 of Burundi's 157 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 133 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 10 of Atyrau's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Japan (147 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Bolivia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Rwanda (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Puerto Rico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Austria (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 54,942 stories about harm among 269,216 counted on 29 Nov.
People falling ill were reported at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 269,216 stories, as usual. Mentions of bird flu ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. In the Gambia, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual.
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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