We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
86 of its 104 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Grindavik accounted for 68 of Iceland's 86 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake.
101 of its 175 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vang Vieng accounted for 91 of Laos' 101 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
883 of its 1,307 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (161 stories). Hunger was named in 253 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 84 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 37 of Haiti's 49 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
62 of its 119 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 62 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 131 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
329 of its 865 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 70 of Islamabad's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of its 233 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
15 of Brasilia's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Covid was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Brazil (39 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (37 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Azerbaijan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in UK (99 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in US (199 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 18,971 stories about harm among 105,674 counted on 21 Nov.
Iceland stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 105,674 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iceland's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 22 November 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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