We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
188 of its 471 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Paris accounted for 130 of France's 188 stories about harm, carried by 400 outlets. 82 of Paris' 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 43 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Pyongyang accounted for 28 of North Korea's 29 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
404 of its 574 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 316 of Iran's 404 stories about harm, carried by 750 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
30 of its 45 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 12 of San Isidro's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).
21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Minsk accounted for 16 of Belarus' 21 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. 11 of Minsk's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.
41 of its 56 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
69 of its 127 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 10 of Baghdad's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Building collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Australia (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); building collapse in Ireland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in US (54 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 13,617 stories about harm among 51,880 counted on 28 Nov.
26 in every 100 of the day's 51,880 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 November 2019, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 harsher 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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