We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Guatemala City accounted for 41 of Guatemala's 50 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. 40 of Guatemala City's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Hurricane was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
139 of its 213 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 111 of Afghanistan's 139 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
138 of its 381 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Earthquake was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
25 of its 49 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
35 of its 54 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Minsk accounted for 35 of Belarus' 35 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. 35 of Minsk's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
50 of its 56 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Ouagadougou accounted for 34 of Burkina Faso's 50 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
21 of its 54 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
100 of its 285 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Volcanic eruption was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
49 of its 97 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Tigray accounted for 91 of Ethiopia's 101 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Germany (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 13,692 stories about harm among 49,590 counted on 22 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 49,590 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. Guatemala's news mentioned the hurricane about 8 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 23 November 2019, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. In Guatemala, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Ethiopia, on 3 of 5 days; help rose on 5 of them.
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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