We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,770 of its 2,825 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Riyadh accounted for 1,265 of Saudi Arabia's 1,770 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
117 of its 151 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). HIV was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
511 of its 1,252 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 263 of Madrid's 338 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (295 stories).
324 of its 745 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 216 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 22 of Yerevan's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories).
745 of its 1,000 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 565 of Afghanistan's 745 stories about harm, carried by 564 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
278 of its 764 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
148 of its 303 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 226 of Yemen's 283 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Poisoning was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bermuda (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Morocco (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Germany (63 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Japan (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Portugal (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 48,685 stories about harm among 220,206 counted on 7 Nov.
The news turned to Saudi Arabia for the third day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 220,206 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 November 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Saudi Arabia stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%.
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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