We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
138 of its 766 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Dubai accounted for 129 of the United Arab Emirates' 138 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Flu was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with respiratory illness.
Jerusalem accounted for 479 of Israel's 1,812 stories about harm, carried by 829 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (459 stories). Chickenpox was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 54 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Freetown accounted for 26 of Sierra Leone's 32 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
293 of its 1,527 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 25 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 42 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 16 of Haiti's 26 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories).
1,279 of its 5,806 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with respiratory illness.
28 of its 38 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 52 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
283 of its 934 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories).
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Ukraine (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (85 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in France (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 20,557 stories about harm among 109,881 counted on 29 Nov.
Of the day's 109,881 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 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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