We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
21 of its 34 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 5 of Lima's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Oil spill was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
200 of its 496 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 130 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 22 of Ethiopia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 88 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. 41 of Tehran's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 98 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 19 of Schiphol's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Diphtheria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
50 of its 230 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories).
Mogadishu accounted for 14 of Somalia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Canada (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in China (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (133 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 8,530 stories about harm among 42,515 counted on 5 Nov.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and the US. 20 in every 100 of the day's 42,515 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Peru, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. On 5 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 20 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 harsher 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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