We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
73 of its 100 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Khartoum accounted for 52 of Sudan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Covid was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
140 of its 248 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 113 of Iran's 140 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (66 stories).
Tigray accounted for 115 of Ethiopia's 128 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 62 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 15 of Phnom Penh's 18 stories were about protests or strikes.
80 of its 153 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
178 of its 411 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Seoul accounted for 139 of South Korea's 178 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories).
69 of its 171 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
55 of its 130 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cairo accounted for 35 of Egypt's 55 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets.
323 of its 719 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nepal (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in India (195 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in Sweden (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Israel (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 20,418 stories about harm among 81,648 counted on 26 Nov.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 27 November 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Sudan's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 54%. of the day's 81,648 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.
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 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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