We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
437 of its 512 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jajarkot accounted for 317 of Nepal's 437 stories about harm, carried by 569 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (351 stories). Landslides were named in 151 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
359 of its 775 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hanoi accounted for 257 of Vietnam's 359 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (57 stories). Illness was named in 113 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
62 of its 83 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Conakry accounted for 60 of Guinea's 62 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 38 of Conakry's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (58 stories).
452 of its 591 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 402 of Palestine's 452 stories about harm, carried by 598 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
283 of its 754 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
78 of its 351 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Flooding was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and power cuts.
19 of its 58 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Dhaka accounted for 48 of Bangladesh's 71 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 26 of Dhaka's 48 stories were about protests or strikes.
Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Plane crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Italy (30 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Russia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Australia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in India (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Israel (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 12,669 stories about harm among 60,927 counted on 4 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 60,927 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. Mentions of landslides ran about 4 times their usual in Nepal's news. A year earlier, on 4 November 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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 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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