We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 130 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Stockholm accounted for 27 of Sweden's 40 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 16 of Stockholm's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
89 of its 178 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Cianjur accounted for 56 of Indonesia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
282 of its 617 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 147 of Ukraine's 282 stories about harm, carried by 378 outlets. Hunger was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
31 of its 49 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kigali accounted for 16 of Rwanda's 31 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
450 of its 1,517 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (40 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 27 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 4 of Windhoek's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
37 of its 95 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
18 of its 37 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bishkek accounted for 14 of Kyrgyzstan's 18 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Saudi Arabia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Algeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); measles in India (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in US (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 10,430 stories about harm among 57,509 counted on 25 Nov.
In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 57,509 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 November 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Sweden, 31% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% 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 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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