We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 97 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 23 of Afghanistan's 55 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
66 of its 93 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Gaza accounted for 39 of Palestine's 66 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Ostrava accounted for 14 of the Czechia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
15 of its 32 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 71 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 47 of Iran's 142 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 34 of Tehran's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
91 of its 260 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 35 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
24 of its 55 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 6 of Khartoum's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Mexico (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in Canada (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Russia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 13,825 stories about harm among 78,631 counted on 18 Nov.
Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 18 November 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Afghanistan stood out: 57% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 78,631 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19.
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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