We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
360 of its 730 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Islamabad accounted for 220 of Pakistan's 360 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. 196 of Islamabad's 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
172 of its 230 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Vilnius accounted for 163 of Lithuania's 172 stories about harm, carried by 341 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Plane crash was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
48 of its 66 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Vang Vieng accounted for 39 of Laos' 48 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 34 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
151 of its 357 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Marsa Alam accounted for 107 of Egypt's 151 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 27 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 15 of Maputo's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
78 of its 228 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (132 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 101 of Lebanon's 119 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Bolivia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Samoa (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in UK (95 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 15,483 stories about harm among 87,458 counted on 25 Nov.
Mentions of the hypothermia ran more than ten times their usual in Bolivia's news. of the day's 87,458 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Pakistan for the third day running. A year earlier, on 26 November 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Pakistan, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual.
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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