We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
702 of its 1,020 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
1,158 of its 1,529 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bali accounted for 762 of Indonesia's 1,158 stories about harm, carried by 602 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (533 stories). Cyclone was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.
256 of its 427 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 62 of Caracas' 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
291 of its 577 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Bangkok accounted for 222 of Thailand's 291 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (138 stories).
239 of its 568 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 96 of Athens' 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
112 of its 272 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
195 of its 256 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
88 of its 123 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
47 of its 80 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
167 of its 339 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 139 of Lebanon's 167 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (123 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Iran (187 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Côte d’Ivoire (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Vietnam (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Japan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (30 of its stories, more than ten 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 44,639 stories about harm among 231,699 counted on 29 Nov.
Croatia's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 231,699 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Iran's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Gabon. A year earlier, on 29 November 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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