We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
331 of its 747 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Islamabad accounted for 109 of Pakistan's 331 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 80 of Islamabad's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
184 of its 220 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Beirut accounted for 165 of Lebanon's 184 stories about harm, carried by 396 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 100 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Vang Vieng accounted for 49 of Laos' 62 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
179 of its 749 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain, power cuts and storms.
11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
140 of its 307 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Philippine accounted for 80 of the Philippines' 140 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of Montreal's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.
18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
357 of its 502 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 of its 12 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Luanda's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in UK (131 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ukraine (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in US (71 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 10,036 stories about harm among 57,583 counted on 23 Nov.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Laos. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 57,583 stories, as usual. Pakistan's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 24 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 harsher 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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