We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Guatemala City accounted for 15 of Guatemala's 28 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 14 of Guatemala City's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
188 of its 288 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tigray accounted for 151 of Ethiopia's 188 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
83 of its 263 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
167 of its 341 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jeddah accounted for 68 of Saudi Arabia's 167 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kabul accounted for 68 of Afghanistan's 173 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
17 of Kampala's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
52 of Lagos' 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (149 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Israel (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in China (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in US (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 25,955 stories about harm among 102,918 counted on 24 Nov.
The news turned to Guatemala for the third day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 102,918 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. A year earlier, on 25 November 2019, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Guatemala's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 55%.
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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