We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 81 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. la Paz accounted for 32 of Bolivia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 29 of la Paz's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
224 of its 463 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 103 of Iran's 224 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (141 stories). Earthquake was named in 153 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 67 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Boungou accounted for 31 of Burkina Faso's 61 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 64 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
28 of Kwun Tong's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 103 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 14 of Phnom Penh's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories).
16 of its 40 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 11 of Tbilisi's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Baghdad accounted for 106 of Iraq's 146 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. 85 of Baghdad's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Santiago accounted for 34 of Chile's 54 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 28 of Santiago's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 58 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Bangladesh (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (112 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in UK (225 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,297 stories about harm among 123,868 counted on 8 Nov.
In Iran's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 16 in every 100 of the day's 123,868 stories, below the usual 17. Bolivia's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. A year earlier, on 8 November 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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