We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
148 of its 246 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Przewodow accounted for 68 of Poland's 148 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 78 of Iran's 177 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 66 of Tehran's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 68 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Havana accounted for 21 of Cuba's 29 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
22 of its 85 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
231 of its 537 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Istanbul accounted for 88 of Türkiye's 136 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 65 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
12 of its 37 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 4 of Minsk's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
21 of its 32 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories).
52 of Sharm el-Sheikh's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Egypt (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Canada (62 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in France (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 15,141 stories about harm among 82,207 counted on 15 Nov.
Poland's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 82,207 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Egypt's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. On 15 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 18 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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