We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
305 of its 583 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kyiv accounted for 199 of Ukraine's 305 stories about harm, carried by 427 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (147 stories). Hunger was named in 119 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,475 of its 1,825 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Jerusalem accounted for 270 of Israel's 1,475 stories about harm, carried by 670 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (633 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
237 of its 865 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dublin accounted for 191 of Ireland's 237 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. 141 of Dublin's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
207 of its 817 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks.
299 of its 406 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 204 of Palestine's 299 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Idlib accounted for 15 of Syria's 28 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 106 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 65 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 323 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
75 of its 156 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in United Arab Emirates (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in US (58 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 10,485 stories about harm among 54,050 counted on 25 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 54,050 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ukraine's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. In Ukraine, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual.
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 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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