We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
229 of its 319 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tehran accounted for 157 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. 140 of Tehran's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 90 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Sakhir accounted for 25 of Bahrain's 35 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
116 of its 347 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
77 of its 234 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 67 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 7 of Petroperu's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Oil spill was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
322 of its 769 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 66 of Islamabad's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 164 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 36 of Bangladesh's 72 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (51 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Peru (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Sudan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in China (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 14,903 stories about harm among 77,976 counted on 4 Nov.
Of the day's 77,976 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 4 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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