We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
258 of its 386 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 189 of Afghanistan's 258 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Dhaka accounted for 41 of Bangladesh's 96 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Cyclone was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with flooding and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
84 of its 211 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 101 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 15 of Kyiv's 24 stories were about protests or strikes.
156 of its 222 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tigray accounted for 129 of Ethiopia's 156 stories about harm, carried by 358 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 45 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
13 of its 37 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
12 of its 30 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (112 stories). Building collapse was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Nigeria (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Australia (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); bird flu in UK (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chickenpox in US (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 22,167 stories about harm among 94,498 counted on 3 Nov.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 August 2021. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 94,498 stories, below the usual 25. It was the second day running that the news turned to Afghanistan. In Bangladesh's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 10 times their usual. Afghanistan stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 58%.
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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