We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 56 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Dushanbe accounted for 40 of Tajikistan's 51 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
104 of its 275 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Jerash accounted for 86 of Jordan's 104 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
127 of its 366 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 23 of Harare's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
9 of its 13 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
550 of its 970 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories). Illness was named in 86 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 109 of Iraq's 154 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. 95 of Baghdad's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
154 of its 428 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
49 of its 70 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Khartoum accounted for 27 of Sudan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 14 of Khartoum's 27 stories were about protests or strikes.
37 of its 54 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 6 of Indelimane's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
143 of Delhi's 242 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Natural hazards were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Mexico (86 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Vietnam (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Australia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 20,880 stories about harm among 133,463 counted on 6 Nov.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 7 November 2018. 16 in every 100 of the day's 133,463 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. In Tajikistan, 91% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Vietnam's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. On 6 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 16 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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