We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 152 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
51 of its 128 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Buenos Aires accounted for 36 of Argentina's 51 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 147 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
23 of its 50 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bamako accounted for 25 of Mali's 29 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories).
191 of its 696 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Flu was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with bird flu and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Storm surge was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 31 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
46 of its 227 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in Azerbaijan (51 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (20 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); natural hazards in Pakistan (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in France (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storm surge in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 13,987 stories about harm among 83,507 counted on 11 Nov.
For the second day running, the news turned to Cuba. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 83,507 stories, as usual. On 12 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today. In Cuba, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 58% is usual.
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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