We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
446 of its 1,023 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (153 stories). Illness was named in 145 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 57 of Ethiopia's 104 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 34 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
65 of its 166 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bucharest accounted for 44 of Romania's 65 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Minsk accounted for 75 of Belarus' 100 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Hypothermia was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
49 of its 85 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Havana accounted for 28 of Cuba's 49 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets.
64 of its 175 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
6 of its 8 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
32 of its 76 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Netherlands (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Belarus (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 21,643 stories about harm among 90,386 counted on 11 Nov.
Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in the Netherlands' news. of the day's 90,386 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. South Africa stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. A year earlier, on 11 November 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today.
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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