We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
676 of its 1,765 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dublin accounted for 549 of Ireland's 676 stories about harm, carried by 770 outlets. 433 of Dublin's 549 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (273 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 59 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Havana accounted for 20 of Cuba's 27 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,796 of its 2,254 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (706 stories). Wildfires were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 42 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
93 of its 159 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Rajouri accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 93 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 348 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tsunami was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 273 of Palestine's 335 stories about harm, carried by 408 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
447 of its 1,913 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Flu was named in 145 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu.
12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flu in China (145 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Netherlands (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 15,221 stories about harm among 83,468 counted on 24 Nov.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 83,468 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In China's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. Ireland stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. A year earlier, on 24 November 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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