We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
183 of its 189 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Sarajevo accounted for 102 of Bosnia's 183 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 103 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tirana accounted for 68 of Albania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
222 of its 568 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (166 stories). Drownings were named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 87 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Algiers accounted for 48 of Algeria's 55 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 47 of Algiers' 48 stories were about protests or strikes.
383 of its 725 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (308 stories). Storms were named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
165 of its 267 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Essaouira accounted for 114 of Morocco's 165 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories).
645 of its 1,244 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Hepatitis was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis and train derailment. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
146 of its 266 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
317 of its 550 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jakarta accounted for 231 of Indonesia's 317 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories).
549 of its 1,057 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 279 of Nairobi's 365 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Argentina (69 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in South Korea (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Somalia (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Australia (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 37,671 stories about harm among 194,124 counted on 20 Nov.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Bosnia. of the day's 194,124 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Greece's news mentioned drownings about 5 times as often as usual. Bosnia's news was 97% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. On 20 November 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.
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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