We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 57 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 5 of Managua's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 81 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Pyongyang accounted for 27 of North Korea's 46 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
117 of its 136 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Boungou accounted for 71 of Burkina Faso's 117 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 76 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. HIV was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
88 of its 137 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Phnom Penh accounted for 50 of Cambodia's 88 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 29 of Phnom Penh's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories).
392 of its 816 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 50 of Sinaloa's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (298 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 82 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kigali accounted for 32 of Rwanda's 47 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 64 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 13 of la Paz's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Baghdad accounted for 96 of Iraq's 165 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 83 of Baghdad's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Kashmir (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Tonga (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in DR Congo (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Vietnam (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (153 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 21,369 stories about harm among 133,124 counted on 7 Nov.
Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Kashmir's news. of the day's 133,124 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Nicaragua stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. On 7 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 15 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 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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