We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
126 of its 159 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Zarzis accounted for 68 of Tunisia's 126 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
99 of its 162 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 38 of Dar es Salaam's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). HIV was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Kabul accounted for 208 of Afghanistan's 324 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 203 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
240 of its 617 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Tropical storm was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 510 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 52 of Copenhagen's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
86 of its 142 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 46 of Bamenda's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
552 of its 1,944 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 79 of Abuja's 127 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
338 of its 778 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
616 of its 1,498 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 156 of Islamabad's 303 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Zimbabwe (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in South Africa (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Israel (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in New Zealand (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Switzerland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 41,719 stories about harm among 207,273 counted on 1 Nov.
In Zimbabwe's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 207,273 stories, as usual. Tunisia's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. A year earlier, on 1 November 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over October, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 in October 2017.
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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