We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,816 of its 2,782 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 733 of Karachi's 1,202 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (866 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 101 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Celje accounted for 71 of Slovenia's 72 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories).
95 of its 129 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. la Romana accounted for 87 of the Dominican Republic's 95 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories).
47 of its 53 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Sarajevo accounted for 46 of Bosnia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
334 of its 800 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 199 of Seoul's 297 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Idlib accounted for 240 of Syria's 300 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. 225 of Idlib's 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
127 of its 211 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
166 of its 212 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
478 of its 598 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Drought was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 36 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Yemen (62 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in China (171 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Vietnam (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 30,368 stories about harm among 151,202 counted on 23 Nov.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 151,202 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Yemen's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual. Pakistan stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. On 23 November 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as 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 much harsher 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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