We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 74 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Guayaquil accounted for 58 of Ecuador's 66 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 31 of Guayaquil's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
75 of its 124 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Vienna accounted for 42 of Austria's 75 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 28 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
62 of its 120 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories).
78 of its 83 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 61 of Sudan's 78 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 61 of Khartoum's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
48 of its 120 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 7 of Warsaw's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).
25 of its 43 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 13 of Havana's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
56 of its 112 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 16 of Bangkok's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
53 of its 147 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
18 of its 20 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Egypt (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Canada (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (92 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 10,019 stories about harm among 40,941 counted on 14 Nov.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Ecuador. of the day's 40,941 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ecuador stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. This week the news turned most often to Ethiopia, on 4 of 7 days.
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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