We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
101 of its 131 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Baku accounted for 99 of Azerbaijan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. 78 of Baku's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories).
82 of its 241 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (69 stories). Landslides were named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
101 of its 203 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
88 of its 176 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Lima accounted for 83 of Peru's 88 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (73 stories).
126 of its 136 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Bamako accounted for 121 of Mali's 126 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 116 of Bamako's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories).
438 of its 960 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 255 of Paris' 313 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (327 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
153 of its 330 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 63 of Harare's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
188 of its 199 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Balaka accounted for 98 of the Central African Republic's 188 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
121 of its 142 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Phnom Penh accounted for 74 of Cambodia's 121 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
140 of its 287 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kiev accounted for 123 of Ukraine's 140 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. 107 of Kiev's 123 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Türkiye (137 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Mexico (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Czechia (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (177 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 22,694 stories about harm among 100,178 counted on 18 Nov.
Azerbaijan's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. In Vietnam's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 23 in every 100 of the day's 100,178 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 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 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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