We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
402 of its 864 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Quetta accounted for 187 of Pakistan's 402 stories about harm, carried by 577 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (222 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 48 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Valencia accounted for 22 of Venezuela's 25 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 13 of Valencia's 22 stories were about protests or strikes.
29 of its 130 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
6 of its 8 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
157 of its 266 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 108 of Iran's 157 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 140 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Doha accounted for 57 of Qatar's 63 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
64 of its 129 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 58 of Palestine's 77 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
5 of Seoul's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
25 of Berlin's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Mexico (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in India (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 10,150 stories about harm among 58,078 counted on 9 Nov.
Israel's news mentioned the hunger about 5 times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 58,078 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Pakistan, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. A year earlier, on 10 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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 about as 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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