We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
124 of its 226 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Sofia accounted for 96 of Bulgaria's 124 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
131 of its 417 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 140 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Minsk accounted for 37 of Belarus' 63 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
16 of its 20 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 3 of Ouagadougou's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Skopje accounted for 26 of North Macedonia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
241 of its 649 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
37 of its 79 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
86 of its 151 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 20 of Vienna's 37 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (29 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); natural hazards in Canada (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (31 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 22,268 stories about harm among 87,778 counted on 23 Nov.
Bulgaria's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 87,778 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 23 November 2020, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 25 today.
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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