We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
150 of its 206 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. the Gulf of Mexico accounted for 59 of Cuba's 150 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, storm surge and tornadoes.
127 of its 259 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 87 of Iran's 127 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
46 of its 183 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (38 stories).
203 of its 281 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Gaza accounted for 147 of Palestine's 203 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 241 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 10 times the usual rate (6 stories). Natural hazards were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 116 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides, flooding and storms.
12 of its 12 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
241 of its 610 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Covid was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Jamaica (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Spain (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Pakistan (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Canada (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 16,177 stories about harm among 100,905 counted on 5 Nov.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 6 November 2019. Stories about people being harmed made up 16 in every 100 of the day's 100,905 stories, below the usual 18. Mentions of storms ran about 4 times their usual in Cuba's news. A year earlier, on 6 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today. Cuba stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%.
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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