We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 35 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Khartoum accounted for 17 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 10 of Khartoum's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 89 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Earthquake was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami.
13 of its 18 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
668 of its 2,031 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 43 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tbilisi accounted for 32 of Georgia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 30 of Tbilisi's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
434 of its 1,058 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. HIV was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 14 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 4 of Ouagadougou's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,195 of its 1,878 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in Türkiye (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in US (26 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 19,605 stories about harm among 72,280 counted on 29 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 72,280 stories, above the usual 25. Sudan's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 66%.
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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