We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
95 of its 132 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bukoba accounted for 49 of Tanzania's 95 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (51 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
269 of its 782 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sharm el-Sheikh accounted for 129 of Egypt's 269 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 76 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 39 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
545 of its 1,753 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings and earthquake.
Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 114 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 28 of Tehran's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 77 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hurricane was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
82 of its 376 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
76 of its 236 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 25 of Nairobi's 42 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bahamas (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Brazil (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in India (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 13,363 stories about harm among 70,231 counted on 7 Nov.
For the second day running, the news turned to Tanzania. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 70,231 stories, as usual. Tanzania's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. In the Bahamas' news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 November 2021, 26 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 much 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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