We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
193 of its 252 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 107 of Iraq's 193 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
225 of its 291 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 204 of Tanzania's 225 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. 113 of Dar es Salaam's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
102 of its 149 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Yangon accounted for 92 of Myanmar's 102 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories).
427 of its 1,493 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (141 stories). Building collapse was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
425 of its 500 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bamenda accounted for 321 of Cameroon's 425 stories about harm, carried by 386 outlets. 230 of Bamenda's 321 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (315 stories).
104 of its 262 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 25 of Kiev's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 19 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 12 of Nouadhibou's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
273 of its 545 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 176 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
51 of its 142 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 14 of Manama's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Sri Lanka (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Zimbabwe (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Cuba (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Philippines (42 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 32,169 stories about harm among 177,658 counted on 5 Nov.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 27 September 2018. Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in Poland's news. On 5 November 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 18 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 177,658 stories, below the usual 21.
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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