We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
155 of its 222 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jajarkot accounted for 94 of Nepal's 155 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 44 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Conakry accounted for 25 of Guinea's 32 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
234 of its 756 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 60 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 30 of Tehran's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed 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.
248 of its 690 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Covid was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 25 of Sudan's 56 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Road crashes were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 444 of Palestine's 524 stories about harm, carried by 721 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Somalia (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Ukraine (49 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 18,100 stories about harm among 99,724 counted on 6 Nov.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 5 October 2023. 18 in every 100 of the day's 99,724 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. For the third day running, the news turned to Nepal. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of heavy rain ran about 8 times their usual in Somalia's news.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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