We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
189 of its 533 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 97 of Russia's 189 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Gas explosion was named in 23 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 49 of Iran's 135 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 32 of Tehran's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 84 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Lima accounted for 38 of Peru's 45 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (37 stories).
19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Kyiv accounted for 81 of Ukraine's 186 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Hunger was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 59 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 111 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Bangkok accounted for 40 of Thailand's 55 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 21 of Bangkok's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
11 of its 25 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 4 of Quito's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Tunisia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Netherlands (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Egypt (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Ukraine (22 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 8,018 stories about harm among 44,564 counted on 19 Nov.
In Tunisia's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 44,564 stories, below the usual 19. A year earlier, on 19 November 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Russia, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual.
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 harsher 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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