We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 94 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Freetown accounted for 49 of Sierra Leone's 55 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
21 of its 50 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Lusaka accounted for 16 of Zambia's 21 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Moscow accounted for 124 of Russia's 201 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
4 of Bamenda's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Djibo accounted for 14 of Burkina Faso's 26 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 434 of Israel's 1,760 stories about harm, carried by 631 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (548 stories). Accidents were named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
335 of its 1,014 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought, polio and earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 147 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flu in United Arab Emirates (47 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Pakistan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 19,908 stories about harm among 107,587 counted on 28 Nov.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Sierra Leone. of the day's 107,587 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the United Arab Emirates' news mentioned the flu about 7 times as often as usual. Sierra Leone's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. A year earlier, on 28 November 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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