We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
102 of its 168 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tigray accounted for 63 of Ethiopia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Outbreaks were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 55 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Belize City accounted for 29 of Belize's 44 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Hurricane was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storm surge.
17 of its 35 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 5 of Astana's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).
83 of its 284 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
26 of its 38 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Guayaquil accounted for 24 of Ecuador's 26 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
228 of its 590 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Seoul accounted for 185 of South Korea's 228 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.
53 of its 121 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 21 of Colombo's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 199 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
26 of its 108 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Honduras (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Greenland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Cuba (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Greece (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bridge collapse in India (101 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 15,965 stories about harm among 83,116 counted on 2 Nov.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,116 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 2 November 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 softer than 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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