We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
205 of its 213 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Balaka accounted for 101 of the Central African Republic's 205 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
189 of its 360 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories). Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
59 of its 185 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 29 of Oslo's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Flooding was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
643 of its 2,739 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
98 of its 194 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Baku accounted for 92 of Azerbaijan's 98 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
253 of its 272 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Phnom Penh accounted for 220 of Cambodia's 253 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
80 of its 123 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bogota accounted for 70 of Colombia's 80 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories).
112 of its 183 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Addis Ababa accounted for 85 of Ethiopia's 112 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
126 of its 132 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
994 of its 1,593 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (927 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Czechia (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Netherlands (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Türkiye (112 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Italy (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 26,568 stories about harm among 120,498 counted on 17 Nov.
People displaced were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Central African Republic. 22 in every 100 of the day's 120,498 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. In the Czechia's news, mentions of extreme cold ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 17 November 2017, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. the Central African Republic's news was 96% about people being harmed, against a usual 56%.
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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