We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
670 of its 715 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Phnom Penh accounted for 400 of Cambodia's 670 stories about harm, carried by 482 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (517 stories). Hunger was named in 522 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
461 of its 777 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Harare accounted for 318 of Zimbabwe's 461 stories about harm, carried by 353 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 241 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Budapest accounted for 80 of Hungary's 89 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories).
796 of its 1,503 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
271 of its 730 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Malaria was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
40 of its 44 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
304 of its 556 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 57 of Dhaka's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (188 stories).
50 of its 67 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 9 of Tripoli's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).
141 of its 157 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,121 of its 1,711 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jerusalem accounted for 672 of Israel's 1,121 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (51 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (415 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Korea (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Solomon Islands (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Taiwan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in China (93 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 38,822 stories about harm among 196,341 counted on 16 Nov.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 196,341 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. In Cambodia's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Cambodia stood out: 94% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%.
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 softer 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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