We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
36 of its 90 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sofia accounted for 28 of Bulgaria's 36 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
227 of its 783 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Drownings were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
54 of its 133 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
28 of its 83 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 5 of Santiago's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
109 of its 366 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Damascus accounted for 31 of Syria's 58 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 63 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
13 of its 30 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 3 of Vilnius' 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
4 of its 6 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 3 of Abidjan's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Ireland (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in South Africa (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in UK (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 21,665 stories about harm among 87,045 counted on 24 Nov.
For the second day running, the news turned to Bulgaria. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 87,045 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in South Korea's news. In Bulgaria, 40% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 November 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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