We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
144 of its 239 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 117 of Tanzania's 144 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,829 of its 6,727 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (778 stories). Heavy rain was named in 135 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
352 of its 430 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. 122 of Sweida's 161 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
237 of its 299 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Georgetown accounted for 233 of Guyana's 237 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (147 stories).
312 of its 384 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 274 of Somalia's 312 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
253 of its 307 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Hodeida accounted for 155 of Yemen's 253 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
96 of its 187 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Zagreb accounted for 88 of Croatia's 96 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories).
34 of its 57 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 29 of Khujand's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
139 of its 292 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Namibia (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Thailand (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Türkiye (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Norway (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Congo (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 40,272 stories about harm among 193,871 counted on 9 Nov.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Jordan. of the day's 193,871 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Tanzania stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. A year earlier, on 9 November 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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