We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
140 of its 219 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kampala accounted for 94 of Uganda's 140 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. 68 of Kampala's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
184 of its 282 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tigray accounted for 154 of Ethiopia's 184 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
331 of its 672 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Natural hazards were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
83 of its 211 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
18 of its 34 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tbilisi accounted for 17 of Georgia's 18 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 79 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Outbreaks were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
114 of its 219 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Riyadh accounted for 66 of Saudi Arabia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets.
43 of its 62 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 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 Yemen (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in India (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 26,416 stories about harm among 102,797 counted on 20 Nov.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 102,797 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Uganda. In Yemen's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. On 21 November 2019, a year earlier, the share was 16 in every 100, against 26 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 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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