We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
130 of its 157 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Durres accounted for 121 of Albania's 130 stories about harm, carried by 284 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
199 of its 315 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 79 of Iran's 199 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 59 of Tehran's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
45 of its 98 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Valletta accounted for 31 of Malta's 45 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 80 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Measles was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
239 of its 301 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 117 of Iraq's 239 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. 109 of Baghdad's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 53 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Sanaa accounted for 23 of Yemen's 41 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
670 of its 2,547 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 307 of Beijing's 387 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of Hanoi's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of Dhaka's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Zimbabwe (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in France (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in New Zealand (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Australia (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (224 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 16,892 stories about harm among 95,300 counted on 28 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 95,300 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Congo's news mentioned measles more than ten times as often as usual. Albania's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 57%. On 28 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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