We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
238 of its 309 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. the Gulf of Mexico accounted for 91 of Cuba's 238 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Storms were named in 143 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storm surge and tornadoes.
34 of its 55 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 17 of Maputo's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 65 of Iran's 92 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Heatwave was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
41 of its 100 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Tropical storm was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding, hurricane and landslides.
16 of its 32 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
14 of its 33 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
46 of its 60 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 54 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
29 of its 58 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Jamaica (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Mexico (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Spain (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Venezuela (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 15,676 stories about harm among 109,712 counted on 6 Nov.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest in all 3196 days held. It was the second day running that the news turned to Cuba. of the day's 109,712 news stories, 14 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. On 7 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 14 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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