We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 104 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Viti Levu accounted for 30 of Fiji's 85 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Cyclone was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding, storms and hurricane.
75 of its 150 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 59 of Kashmir's 75 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 41 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ebola was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 154 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
145 of its 185 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Grindavik accounted for 93 of Iceland's 145 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
41 of its 99 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 36 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kidal accounted for 19 of Mali's 22 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Food poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
38 of its 101 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
9 of its 10 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Vietnam (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Israel (98 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tornadoes in South Africa (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in India (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 20,686 stories about harm among 110,034 counted on 14 Nov.
In Fiji, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 110,034 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and France. On 14 November 2022, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 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 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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