We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
229 of its 550 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 25 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 5 of la Paz's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
77 of its 188 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 40 of Iran's 77 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with measles.
28 of its 52 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 6 of Port-au-Prince's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
96 of its 208 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Santiago accounted for 67 of Chile's 96 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 60 of Santiago's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Hepatitis was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
70 of its 290 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Oil spill was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
103 of its 292 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Beirut accounted for 68 of Lebanon's 103 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 252 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm, malaria and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Cambodia (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Somalia (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Netherlands (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Brazil (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in Chile (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 19,935 stories about harm among 119,311 counted on 1 Nov.
17 in every 100 of the day's 119,311 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 1 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today. Over October, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in October 2018.
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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