We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 133 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Grindavik accounted for 79 of Iceland's 116 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Earthquake was named in 104 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.
66 of its 253 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Riyadh accounted for 60 of Saudi Arabia's 66 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
46 of its 60 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Darfur accounted for 30 of Sudan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 31 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of the Panama Canal's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
1,468 of its 1,905 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with house fires and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Dal Lake accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 59 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
172 of London's 275 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (161 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 44 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
99 of its 316 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Vietnam (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in China (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in US (45 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 11,367 stories about harm among 59,681 counted on 11 Nov.
For the third day running, the news turned to Iceland. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 59,681 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. In Iceland, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% 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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