We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
142 of its 229 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Baghdad accounted for 107 of Iraq's 142 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. 64 of Baghdad's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 58 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Freetown accounted for 42 of Sierra Leone's 46 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
109 of its 269 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
108 of its 169 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tigray accounted for 80 of Ethiopia's 108 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
107 of its 136 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 25 of Managua's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
63 of its 80 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Khartoum accounted for 44 of Sudan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 43 of Khartoum's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories).
35 of its 62 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 5 of Ramallah's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 96 of Afghanistan's 195 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Hunger was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 31 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Avalanche was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Afghanistan (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in China (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 19,814 stories about harm among 78,561 counted on 8 Nov.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Iraq. of the day's 78,561 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Afghanistan's news mentioned the hunger about 6 times as often as usual. Iraq's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%.
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 about as 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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