We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
137 of its 301 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 101 of Iran's 137 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. 85 of Tehran's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 18 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 107 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Copenhagen accounted for 26 of Denmark's 37 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
144 of its 230 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 115 of Ethiopia's 144 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 6 of Tbilisi's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
41 of its 131 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Baku accounted for 33 of Azerbaijan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets.
Kabul accounted for 142 of Afghanistan's 203 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Building collapse was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Nigeria (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in India (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in UK (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 21,589 stories about harm among 90,006 counted on 4 Nov.
Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 90,006 stories, below the usual 25.
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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