We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
216 of its 432 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Paiporta accounted for 139 of Spain's 216 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (186 stories). Natural hazards were named in 68 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
152 of its 241 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 103 of Iran's 152 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. 63 of Tehran's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 136 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 43 of Kashmir's 72 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 65 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 14 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 8 of Chapare's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
58 of its 166 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 85 of Palestine's 108 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Polio was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 39 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Valencia accounted for 18 of Venezuela's 21 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Tsunami was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
5 of Dakar's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: polio in Palestine (39 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in Israel (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in South Africa (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Greece (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 8,453 stories about harm among 47,591 counted on 3 Nov.
Spain stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 47,591 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 4 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Spain, on 4 of 7 days.
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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