We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
210 of its 358 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 146 of Bangladesh's 210 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 116 of Dhaka's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
47 of its 87 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Vilnius accounted for 42 of Lithuania's 47 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Plane crash was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
55 of its 71 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Vang Vieng accounted for 41 of Laos' 55 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
498 of its 915 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Islamabad accounted for 367 of Pakistan's 498 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. 331 of Islamabad's 367 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 168 of Lebanon's 212 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
141 of its 314 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
54 of its 92 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).
14 of its 33 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Indonesia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in UK (184 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); whooping cough in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (22 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 17,841 stories about harm among 101,126 counted on 26 Nov.
On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 101,126 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Indonesia's news. In Bangladesh, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. A year earlier, on 27 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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