We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
396 of its 470 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Tirana accounted for 378 of Albania's 396 stories about harm, carried by 869 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (278 stories). Earthquake was named in 384 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 85 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 35 of Yemen's 64 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks and dengue. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 89 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
74 of its 227 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 52 of Beirut's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
244 of its 1,058 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Plane crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires, heatwave and helicopter crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 28 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 122 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 62 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tbilisi accounted for 30 of Georgia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 30 of Tbilisi's 30 stories were about protests or strikes.
97 of its 179 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
151 of its 295 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 62 of Tehran's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Palestine (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Greece (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tropical storm in Guam (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Namibia (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plane crash in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 21,176 stories about harm among 120,700 counted on 26 Nov.
In Albania, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 120,700 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Albania's news. A year earlier, on 26 November 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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