We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
71 of its 100 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Manila accounted for 38 of the Philippines' 71 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Typhoon was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, cyclone and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tigray accounted for 21 of Ethiopia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 40 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 6 of Jeddah's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Islamabad accounted for 21 of Pakistan's 55 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
9 of its 9 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
38 of its 96 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 22 of France's 38 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dhaka accounted for 8 of Bangladesh's 12 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets.
4 of Minsk's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in US (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 2,877 stories about harm among 10,533 counted on 13 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 10,533 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to the Philippines for the second day running. On 14 November 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 27 today. In the Philippines, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% 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 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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