We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Baghdad accounted for 132 of Iraq's 184 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. 120 of Baghdad's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
516 of its 908 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
31 of its 117 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
22 of its 42 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Santiago accounted for 74 of Chile's 107 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. 64 of Santiago's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 94 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
271 of its 789 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Tropical storm was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.
31 of its 59 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 11 of Darfur's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Beirut accounted for 42 of Lebanon's 60 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 36 of Beirut's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
153 of Delhi's 257 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Saudi Arabia (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Chile (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in South Korea (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in India (69 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 21,011 stories about harm among 128,872 counted on 5 Nov.
In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 16 in every 100 of the day's 128,872 stories, below the usual 18. A year earlier, on 5 November 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today. In Iraq, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 64% is usual.
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 about as 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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