We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
192 of its 278 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Khulna accounted for 82 of Bangladesh's 192 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Cyclone was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge, flooding and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
81 of its 155 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tsuen Wan accounted for 60 of Hong Kong's 81 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. 58 of Tsuen Wan's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
14 of its 44 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 300 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
449 of its 1,617 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Wildfires were named in 210 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
48 of its 89 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Phnom Penh accounted for 30 of Cambodia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. 18 of Phnom Penh's 30 stories were about protests or strikes.
16 of its 47 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Warsaw's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
38 of its 253 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
40 of its 108 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 11 of Jakarta's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
La Paz accounted for 61 of Bolivia's 113 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. 52 of la Paz's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories).
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (210 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in India (189 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hypothermia in Russia (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 10,407 stories about harm among 58,155 counted on 10 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 58,155 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Bangladesh's news mentioned the cyclone more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and India. In Bangladesh, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Mexico, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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