We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
147 of its 198 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 100 of Kashmir's 147 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Road crashes were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
89 of its 122 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Grindavik accounted for 59 of Iceland's 89 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Cite Soleil accounted for 25 of Haiti's 33 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).
122 of its 326 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (81 stories). Drought was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
77 of its 98 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ghouta accounted for 47 of Syria's 77 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
95 of its 247 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 68 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 328 of Palestine's 390 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 69 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).
72 of its 230 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flu in Vietnam (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Brazil (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Germany (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); bird flu in Türkiye (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in France (23 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 21,254 stories about harm among 113,700 counted on 15 Nov.
Vietnam's news mentioned the flu more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 113,700 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Kashmir. Kashmir stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 15 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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