We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
469 of its 1,152 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 49 of Lagos' 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Cholera was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with hunger.
89 of its 207 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Minsk accounted for 58 of Belarus' 89 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
799 of its 2,216 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Flooding was named in 164 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides.
Kampala accounted for 26 of Uganda's 37 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 33 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tbilisi accounted for 19 of Georgia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 13 of Tbilisi's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.
37 of its 69 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 18 of Havana's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 39 of Sudan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 36 of Khartoum's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 160 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
34 of its 53 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
213 of its 626 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Outbreaks were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Germany (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in UK (36 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 20,666 stories about harm among 85,921 counted on 19 Nov.
Germany's news mentioned outbreaks about 5 times as often as usual. 24 in every 100 of the day's 85,921 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 19 November 2020, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 24 today. Nigeria stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%.
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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