We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
103 of its 146 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. la Paz accounted for 50 of Bolivia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 47 of la Paz's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
67 of its 93 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tripoli accounted for 58 of Libya's 67 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 39 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Cabarete accounted for 21 of the Dominican Republic's 24 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
294 of its 520 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 171 of Iran's 294 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. 150 of Tehran's 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
380 of its 687 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 152 of Hong Kong Island's 153 stories were about protests or strikes. Hypothermia was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
30 of its 69 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tbilisi accounted for 28 of Georgia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 25 of Tbilisi's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
154 of its 401 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
42 of its 72 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 14 of Khartoum's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
162 of its 651 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Heavy rain was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with avalanche, power cuts and snowstorms.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Austria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Italy (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in China (55 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in Sri Lanka (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 18,485 stories about harm among 110,203 counted on 18 Nov.
Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 110,203 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 18 November 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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 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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