We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kidal accounted for 21 of Mali's 27 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Conakry accounted for 11 of Guinea's 12 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 6 of Conakry's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
76 of its 127 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jajarkot accounted for 51 of Nepal's 76 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
13 of Madrid's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 58 of Iran's 103 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 36 of Tehran's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Antananarivo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
39 of its 79 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 33 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Ukraine (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 20,568 stories about harm among 114,182 counted on 7 Nov.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 4 October 2023. In Mali, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 114,182 stories, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 7 November 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
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 much softer 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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