We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
71 of its 116 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Havana accounted for 40 of Cuba's 71 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 34 of Havana's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
125 of its 202 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kampala accounted for 107 of Uganda's 125 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
191 of its 563 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Minsk accounted for 62 of Belarus' 83 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
468 of its 1,123 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 97 of Lagos' 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Gas explosion was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 107 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tigray accounted for 54 of Ethiopia's 74 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 107 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 15 of Vienna's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Earthquake was named in 40 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.
69 of its 104 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Canada (139 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Poland (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Egypt (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in Nigeria (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 21,712 stories about harm among 88,787 counted on 16 Nov.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US. 24 in every 100 of the day's 88,787 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Cuba. Cuba stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%.
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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