We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
241 of its 368 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Istanbul accounted for 206 of Türkiye's 241 stories about harm, carried by 440 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (212 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
108 of its 316 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paris accounted for 79 of France's 108 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (71 stories). Illness was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
84 of its 217 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 18 of Sharm el-Sheikh's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
Tehran accounted for 52 of Iran's 102 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 41 of Tehran's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 38 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Warsaw accounted for 12 of Poland's 16 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.
9 of its 16 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 6 of Tirana's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
32 of its 50 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tigray accounted for 24 of Ethiopia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets.
201 of its 708 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (191 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in US (30 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 7,136 stories about harm among 38,210 counted on 13 Nov.
On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 38,210 stories, as usual. Türkiye's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. In South Africa's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 13 November 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Egypt, on 5 of 6 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 about as 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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