We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
150 of its 240 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 104 of Uganda's 150 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. 74 of Kampala's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 79 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
99 of its 179 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jammu accounted for 59 of Kashmir's 99 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 164 of Israel's 244 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
66 of Lagos' 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
348 of its 727 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
196 of its 317 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tigray accounted for 141 of Ethiopia's 196 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 121 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
53 of Bangkok's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of its 73 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in US (101 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 28,717 stories about harm among 111,010 counted on 19 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 111,010 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 20 November 2019, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Uganda's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.
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 much 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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