We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
93 of its 223 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Hypothermia was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
83 of its 195 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Salisbury accounted for 65 of Zimbabwe's 83 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Train derailment was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
76 of its 122 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tigray accounted for 51 of Ethiopia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Building collapse was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
83 of its 297 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Storms were named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with train derailment, wildfires and drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
104 of its 205 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bangkok accounted for 54 of Thailand's 104 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets.
23 of its 83 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 9 of Sofia's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
248 of its 1,152 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (71 stories).
211 of its 565 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in UK (74 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in China (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in India (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 18,867 stories about harm among 79,932 counted on 1 Nov.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 August 2021. Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Zimbabwe's news. In Brazil, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 79,932 stories, below the usual 25. Over October, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.
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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