We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
112 of its 192 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Vang Vieng accounted for 101 of Laos' 112 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
702 of its 1,036 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (130 stories). Hunger was named in 252 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Grindavik accounted for 32 of Iceland's 38 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
11 of Brasilia's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Covid was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
35 of its 91 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
67 of its 127 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Juba accounted for 16 of South Sudan's 22 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
129 of its 185 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 99 of Palestine's 129 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Thailand (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (158 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Australia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 16,854 stories about harm among 99,497 counted on 22 Nov.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Laos. of the day's 99,497 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Laos stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. On 23 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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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