We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
141 of its 170 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Freetown accounted for 131 of Sierra Leone's 141 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 49 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 8 of Izabela's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
96 of its 307 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
97 of its 156 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tigray accounted for 69 of Ethiopia's 97 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 88 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Baghdad accounted for 30 of Iraq's 57 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 28 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
Khartoum accounted for 19 of Sudan's 33 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 18 of Khartoum's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 68 of Afghanistan's 127 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
43 of its 107 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Athens accounted for 28 of Greece's 43 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets.
11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Brazil (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Kashmir (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in US (81 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in India (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 12,072 stories about harm among 47,405 counted on 6 Nov.
In Brazil's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 47,405 stories, as usual. Sierra Leone's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%.
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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