We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
105 of its 126 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Mogadishu accounted for 93 of Somalia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
317 of its 840 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Drownings were named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
290 of its 745 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Poisoning was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 34 of Sudan's 51 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 34 of Khartoum's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 55 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 50 of Bangladesh's 91 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
421 of its 1,049 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Illness was named in 111 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
22 of its 50 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
33 of its 97 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
767 of its 2,075 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in South Africa (111 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Türkiye (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in UK (69 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 17,430 stories about harm among 69,235 counted on 25 Nov.
Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 69,235 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 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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