We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
246 of its 707 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Sharm el-Sheikh accounted for 152 of Egypt's 246 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. 95 of Sharm el-Sheikh's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
48 of its 120 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Colombo accounted for 29 of Sri Lanka's 48 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Baghdad accounted for 23 of Iraq's 28 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 58 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Plane crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 45 of Tehran's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 86 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Hurricane was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and storm surge.
30 of its 32 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Heatwave was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bahamas (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Tanzania (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in South Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tropical storm in US (304 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 14,247 stories about harm among 79,463 counted on 8 Nov.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 16 January 2020. 18 in every 100 of the day's 79,463 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. For the second day running, the news turned to Egypt. A year earlier, on 8 November 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Egypt's news was 35% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%.
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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