We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
259 of its 363 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 211 of Afghanistan's 259 stories about harm, carried by 449 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (163 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
101 of its 170 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Dhaka accounted for 62 of Bangladesh's 101 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Illness was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
47 of its 96 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 14 of Kampala's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 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.
90 of its 141 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tigray accounted for 75 of Ethiopia's 90 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 46 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Aghdam accounted for 24 of Azerbaijan's 29 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 159 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 5 of Rio de Janeiro's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
193 of its 301 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Riyadh accounted for 113 of Saudi Arabia's 193 stories about harm, carried by 322 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).
53 of its 107 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Beirut accounted for 42 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
196 of its 344 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Armenia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Lebanon (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 15,847 stories about harm among 59,936 counted on 21 Nov.
Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 26 in every 100 of the day's 59,936 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 November 2019, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Afghanistan stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%.
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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