We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
59 of its 69 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Taouremba accounted for 49 of Burkina Faso's 59 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
490 of its 849 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Athens accounted for 413 of Greece's 490 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. 210 of Athens' 413 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (226 stories).
205 of its 577 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
321 of its 551 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
664 of its 1,197 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Riyadh accounted for 498 of Saudi Arabia's 664 stories about harm, carried by 328 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
594 of its 1,578 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (437 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
533 of its 1,019 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Power cuts were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
212 of its 351 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Phnom Penh accounted for 122 of Cambodia's 212 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
518 of its 1,201 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 68 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Yemen (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Papua New Guinea (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Puerto Rico (77 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Colombia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Haiti (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 40,698 stories about harm among 213,136 counted on 17 Nov.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 May 2017. In Burkina Faso, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Yemen's news mentioned outbreaks about three times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 213,136 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.
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 softer 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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