We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
952 of its 2,442 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 243 of Beijing's 333 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
289 of its 607 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kyiv accounted for 144 of Ukraine's 289 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Ischia accounted for 57 of Italy's 83 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding and earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 75 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
91 of its 104 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Mogadishu accounted for 83 of Somalia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 76 of Israel's 167 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 68 of Iran's 140 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 54 of Tehran's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 61 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Caroni accounted for 19 of Trinidad & Tobago's 30 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets.
73 of its 346 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Measles was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
41 of its 263 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Cameroon (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Spain (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in US (172 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Australia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 13,069 stories about harm among 65,995 counted on 28 Nov.
For the third day running, the news turned to China. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 65,995 stories, as usual. On 28 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 20 today. In China, 39% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% 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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