We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
71 of its 104 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Damascus accounted for 46 of Syria's 71 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
74 of its 109 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Grindavik accounted for 47 of Iceland's 74 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 119 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories).
61 of its 84 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Cite Soleil accounted for 40 of Haiti's 61 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories).
26 of its 41 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Montevideo accounted for 26 of Uruguay's 26 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets.
35 of its 108 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories).
45 of its 126 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
40 of its 93 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in France (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Ghana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 20,869 stories about harm among 114,201 counted on 16 Nov.
Mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual in France's news. of the day's 114,201 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Syria stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%. On 16 November 2022, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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