We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
38 of its 43 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Niamey accounted for 21 of Niger's 38 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 162 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tigray accounted for 80 of Ethiopia's 106 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 51 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 36 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tbilisi accounted for 21 of Georgia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 14 of Tbilisi's 21 stories were about protests or strikes.
40 of its 113 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of Wellington's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Freetown accounted for 23 of Sierra Leone's 28 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Ebola was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (35 stories). Heatstroke was named in 11 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.
65 of its 174 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
85 of its 254 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Sierra Leone (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Russia (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 22,482 stories about harm among 90,971 counted on 9 Nov.
In Sierra Leone's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 90,971 stories, as usual. Niger's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 65%.
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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