Iraq
56 of its 109 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
The day's news pointed at arrests in Iraq, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and people injured in Ecuador. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.
Part of lifeHealth
30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostIndonesia
46 in 100 of its 314 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia
15 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words
Much softer than usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Georgia
13 of its 31 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Tbilisi's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Ecuador
16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Pakistan
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
6 more places the news pointed at
Indonesia
146 of its 314 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories).
Libya
11 of its 23 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Finland
27 of its 101 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Myanmar
18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Somalia
33 of its 57 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Chile
13 of its 38 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (88 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Cuba (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Canada (62 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); meningitis in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Australia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
16 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 17; 16 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 17,461 stories about harm among 106,478 counted on 13 Nov.
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Mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual in Israel's news. of the day's 106,478 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 14 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 16 today. Iraq's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%.
- 16 in every 100 of the day's 106,478 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 17).
- Iraq: 56 of its 109 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%.
- Georgia: 13 of its 31 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%.
- Ecuador: 16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%.
- Pakistan: Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories).
- Mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual in Israel's news.
- Mentions of the flu ran about 6 times their usual in Canada's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual.
- A year earlier, on 14 November 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Sudan64 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon62 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia58 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Palestine55 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 632 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 New York US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Islamabad Pakistan29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Baku Azerbaijan21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Tel Aviv Israel attacks & violence · 108 stories, 229 outlets ● Bali Indonesia accidents & disasters · 50 stories, 125 outlets ● Beirut Lebanon attacks & violence · 80 stories, 187 outlets ● Miami US accidents & disasters · 91 stories, 192 outlets ● Baku Azerbaijan accidents & disasters · 117 stories, 204 outlets ● Louisville US people displaced · 76 stories, 202 outlets ● Tarragona Spain accidents & disasters · 18 stories, 62 outlets ● Jerusalem Israel attacks & violence · 78 stories, 76 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health30% 5,124 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,046 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,999 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,163 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 936 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 737 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 655 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 387 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed3,849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,854 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured909 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions277 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced177 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting refugees133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and AustraliaStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Fearabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.