We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
140 of its 164 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 106 of Haiti's 140 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. 104 of Port-au-Prince's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
178 of its 425 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Brussels accounted for 168 of Belgium's 178 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,373 of its 5,854 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (335 stories). Outbreaks were named in 415 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning and oil spill. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
94 of its 191 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 195 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 3 of Baku's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Gas explosion was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
557 of its 700 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 489 of Afghanistan's 557 stories about harm, carried by 688 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (409 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
100 of its 289 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 45 of Sirisena's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
1,124 of its 4,654 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (332 stories). Storms were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and hepatitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
157 of its 183 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Guatemala City accounted for 125 of Guatemala's 157 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (116 stories).
337 of its 990 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Train derailment was named in 244 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Spain (244 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Azerbaijan (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Papua New Guinea (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); meningitis in Italy (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 39,845 stories about harm among 195,935 counted on 20 Nov.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 9 times the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US. 20 in every 100 of the day's 195,935 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Spain's news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 20 November 2017, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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