We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
150 of its 242 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Vienna accounted for 93 of Austria's 150 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. 64 of Vienna's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
240 of its 551 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 160 of Israel's 240 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
76 of its 96 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (67 stories).
29 of its 105 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
56 of its 137 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Brussels accounted for 51 of Belgium's 56 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. 37 of Brussels' 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).
16 of its 17 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Pointe-A-Pitre accounted for 15 of Guadeloupe's 16 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 15 of Pointe-A-Pitre's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
15 of Rotterdam's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
77 of its 180 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 19,324 stories about harm among 77,272 counted on 22 Nov.
South Africa's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 77,272 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 November 2020, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Austria stood out: 62% 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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