We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
238 of its 374 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Luhansk accounted for 148 of Ukraine's 238 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (222 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
142 of its 204 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kampala accounted for 102 of Uganda's 142 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 74 of Kampala's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
55 of its 124 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Heavy rain was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
79 of its 305 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories).
1,687 of its 3,851 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Paris accounted for 1,499 of France's 1,687 stories about harm, carried by 1,020 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (1,432 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 136 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
185 of its 203 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Mogadishu accounted for 174 of Somalia's 185 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
715 of its 1,159 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 419 of Israel's 715 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
193 of its 707 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (124 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 30 of Khujand's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Spain (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (3214 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Austria (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Brazil (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Argentina (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 23,600 stories about harm among 102,717 counted on 11 Nov.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about 4 times the usual rate. 23 in every 100 of the day's 102,717 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Jordan. Spain's news mentioned the hypothermia more than ten times as often as usual. Ukraine's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. This week the news turned most often to Uganda, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 much harsher than 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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