We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
89 of its 180 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 58 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. 29 of Tehran's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
115 of its 127 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Indelimane accounted for 64 of Mali's 115 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
72 of its 205 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
56 of its 95 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Santiago accounted for 35 of Chile's 56 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 32 of Santiago's 35 stories were about protests or strikes.
116 of its 169 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 44 of Afghanistan's 116 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 79 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 94 of Iraq's 135 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. 87 of Baghdad's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Ankara accounted for 52 of Türkiye's 126 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
145 of its 298 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories).
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Brazil (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in UK (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in US (45 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 12,724 stories about harm among 69,785 counted on 2 Nov.
For the second day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 69,785 stories, as usual. Iran's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. A year earlier, on 2 November 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 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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