We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
195 of its 383 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 119 of Israel's 195 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
122 of its 245 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Cianjur accounted for 79 of Indonesia's 122 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 33 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bishkek accounted for 15 of Kyrgyzstan's 20 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
317 of its 623 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 193 of Ukraine's 317 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
50 of its 72 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Jenin accounted for 31 of Palestine's 50 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Road crashes were named in 10 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.
15 of its 26 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 34 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 9 of Windhoek's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Tehran accounted for 73 of Iran's 166 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 57 of Tehran's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 37 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
30 of its 50 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Italy (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Palestine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in India (37 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in Russia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in US (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 11,538 stories about harm among 60,919 counted on 24 Nov.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 60,919 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 24 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 19 today. Israel's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.
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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