We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Philippine accounted for 136 of the Philippines' 237 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Storm surge was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
15 of its 32 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 7 of Sukhumi's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories).
42 of its 103 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Buenos Aires accounted for 26 of Argentina's 42 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
121 of its 530 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 239 of Israel's 623 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tropical storm was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
56 of its 122 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 167 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
11 of its 28 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
16 of its 67 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Guam (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Cuba (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Canada (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Australia (18 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 16,582 stories about harm among 101,269 counted on 12 Nov.
Guam's news mentioned tropical storm more than ten times as often as usual. 16 in every 100 of the day's 101,269 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 November 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 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 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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