We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
105 of its 150 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Zagora accounted for 92 of Morocco's 105 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 89 of Zagora's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Heatwave was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
2,242 of its 3,218 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Riyadh accounted for 1,445 of Saudi Arabia's 2,242 stories about harm, carried by 891 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,589 stories). Covid was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with helicopter crash.
262 of its 290 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 153 of Yemen's 262 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
428 of its 678 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 stories). Typhoon was named in 358 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain.
388 of its 527 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Brussels accounted for 369 of Belgium's 388 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. 249 of Brussels' 369 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (329 stories).
455 of its 728 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Heavy rain was named in 138 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon.
311 of its 430 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
38 of its 47 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 36 of Skopje's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories).
101 of its 241 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about 5 times its own usual.
149 of its 263 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Caracas accounted for 126 of Venezuela's 149 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Malaysia (138 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Bulgaria (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in China (27 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); polio in Poland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 26,256 stories about harm among 103,872 counted on 5 Nov.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Saudi Arabia and the US. In Morocco, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 5 November 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. 25 in every 100 of the day's 103,872 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. This week the news turned most often to Papua New Guinea, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 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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