We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
59 of its 109 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Riga accounted for 56 of Latvia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. 56 of Riga's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
63 of its 109 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dakar accounted for 62 of Senegal's 63 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 59 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Malaria was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
248 of its 948 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (116 stories). Rabies was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
903 of its 1,092 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 681 of Afghanistan's 903 stories about harm, carried by 698 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 379 of Israel's 479 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 202 of Jerusalem's 379 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (117 stories). Food poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
144 of its 375 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
150 of its 259 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Jakarta accounted for 395 of Indonesia's 549 stories about harm, carried by 331 outlets. Avalanche was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
56 of its 67 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Libreville accounted for 51 of Gabon's 56 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Belgium (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Colombia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (222 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (61 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 38,560 stories about harm among 203,500 counted on 28 Nov.
In Latvia, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 13% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 203,500 stories, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 28 November 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 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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