We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
136 of its 436 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Paris accounted for 105 of France's 136 stories about harm, carried by 450 outlets. 64 of Paris' 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
191 of its 411 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
77 of its 90 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Grindavik accounted for 51 of Iceland's 77 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories).
127 of its 449 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Covid was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 58 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
42 of its 56 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 30 of Sudan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
141 of London's 270 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (99 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 265 of Palestine's 325 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 89 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Ireland (68 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in China (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 10,008 stories about harm among 50,046 counted on 12 Nov.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 50,046 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ireland's news, mentions of heavy rain ran about 5 times their usual. France stood out: 31% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. A year earlier, on 12 November 2022, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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 20 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 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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