We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
247 of its 399 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. East Flanders accounted for 236 of Belgium's 247 stories about harm, carried by 251 outlets. Poisoning was named in 211 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
120 of its 182 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tunis accounted for 112 of Tunisia's 120 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 108 of Tunis' 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
158 of its 254 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
693 of its 874 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Ghazni accounted for 440 of Afghanistan's 693 stories about harm, carried by 681 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 71 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tripoli accounted for 35 of Libya's 47 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (33 stories). Drownings were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Sanaa accounted for 61 of Yemen's 110 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Polio was named in 17 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.
104 of its 115 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
107 of its 210 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
222 of its 681 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
123 of its 272 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 27 of Caracas' 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Measles was named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Libya (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Venezuela (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iran (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Malawi (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (106 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 37,661 stories about harm among 198,008 counted on 27 Nov.
Belgium's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 198,008 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Belgium's news. On 27 November 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 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 softer 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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