We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
89 of its 121 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tirana accounted for 85 of Albania's 89 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 83 of Tirana's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
766 of its 1,183 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 530 of Palestine's 766 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories). Flooding was named in 103 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
146 of its 165 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Toumour accounted for 108 of Niger's 146 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
133 of its 254 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
112 of its 172 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 92 of Haiti's 112 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 62 of Port-au-Prince's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Natural hazards were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
129 of its 222 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 119 of Lebanon's 129 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 69 of Beirut's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
81 of its 124 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tunis accounted for 64 of Tunisia's 81 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 64 of Tunis' 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
140 of its 182 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
133 of its 147 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
249 of its 597 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Puerto Rico (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hepatitis in Hong Kong (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in Haiti (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in Australia (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 31,465 stories about harm among 157,719 counted on 22 Nov.
In Albania, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 157,719 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and China. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the tsunami about 8 times as often as usual.
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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