We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 59 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 31 of Sudan's 50 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 27 of Khartoum's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 126 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 94 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 27 of Iraq's 58 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 61 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Phnom Penh accounted for 18 of Cambodia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
94 of its 291 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
2,039 of its 6,377 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Power cuts were named in 86 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
127 of its 265 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
842 of its 1,597 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 89 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 48 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in Türkiye (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in UK (86 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Australia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in India (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 23,002 stories about harm among 87,189 counted on 30 Nov.
In Azerbaijan's news, mentions of helicopter crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 87,189 stories, above the usual 25. It was the third day running that the news turned to Sudan. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 30 November 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 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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