We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
165 of its 263 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Cianjur accounted for 119 of Indonesia's 165 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 77 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
353 of its 609 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jerusalem accounted for 283 of Israel's 353 stories about harm, carried by 367 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories). Road crashes were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 38 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Kyiv accounted for 155 of Ukraine's 295 stories about harm, carried by 350 outlets. Illness was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
69 of its 104 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Damascus accounted for 31 of Syria's 69 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jenin accounted for 29 of Palestine's 47 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 69 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
6 of its 26 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Earthquake was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Türkiye (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Palestine (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in India (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 15,051 stories about harm among 77,107 counted on 23 Nov.
Indonesia's news mentioned landslides about three times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 77,107 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. On 23 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 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 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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