We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
221 of its 397 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dhaka accounted for 124 of Bangladesh's 221 stories about harm, carried by 301 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (124 stories). Accidents were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
202 of its 425 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Hong Kong Island accounted for 134 of Hong Kong's 202 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. 129 of Hong Kong Island's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
581 of its 916 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tel Aviv accounted for 298 of Israel's 581 stories about harm, carried by 494 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 17 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories).
110 of its 159 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Gaza accounted for 57 of Palestine's 110 stories about harm, carried by 260 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
957 of its 2,985 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Wildfires were named in 440 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms.
33 of its 53 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 10 of Phnom Penh's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
22 of its 65 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 151 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 98 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Hurricane was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (440 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); measles in Fiji (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Denmark (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Italy (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Nigeria (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 21,358 stories about harm among 124,223 counted on 12 Nov.
The news turned to Bangladesh for the third day running. 17 in every 100 of the day's 124,223 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 12 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today. Bangladesh stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%.
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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