We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
97 of its 134 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kampala accounted for 85 of Uganda's 97 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
72 of its 101 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khartoum accounted for 58 of Sudan's 72 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 54 of Khartoum's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
53 of its 77 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Unrwa accounted for 25 of Palestine's 53 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
107 of its 287 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
235 of its 557 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
95 of its 145 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
68 of its 184 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).
28 of its 84 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
45 of its 82 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 14 of Havana's 22 stories were about protests or strikes.
16 of its 21 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Canada (227 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Argentina (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iran (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in India (37 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in South Africa (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 22,148 stories about harm among 91,527 counted on 17 Nov.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Uganda. of the day's 91,527 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Uganda stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%.
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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