We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
301 of its 378 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 134 of Iraq's 301 stories about harm, carried by 393 outlets. 128 of Baghdad's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 73 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
140 of its 502 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
93 of its 175 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Valletta accounted for 50 of Malta's 93 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
111 of its 205 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
133 of its 359 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
97 of its 116 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Durres accounted for 85 of Albania's 97 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 12 of Algiers' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
10 of its 22 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 3 of Tungurahua's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
50 of its 125 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Zimbabwe (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Türkiye (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Uganda (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (209 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 15,833 stories about harm among 92,354 counted on 29 Nov.
In Belize's news, mentions of road crashes ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 92,354 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 November 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. In Iraq, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 64% is usual.
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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