We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
424 of its 855 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Islamabad accounted for 284 of Pakistan's 424 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. 254 of Islamabad's 284 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (150 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
107 of its 503 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Snowstorms were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and storms.
30 of its 53 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 21 of Haiti's 30 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
Vang Vieng accounted for 20 of Laos' 25 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
261 of its 419 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 169 of Bangladesh's 261 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. 98 of Dhaka's 169 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
49 of its 168 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Whooping cough was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with outbreaks. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
50 of its 70 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 75 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Lilongwe's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
51 of its 188 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Brazil (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Sri Lanka (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); whooping cough in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); cyclone in India (64 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 18,033 stories about harm among 101,180 counted on 27 Nov.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 101,180 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Brazil's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. Pakistan stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 28 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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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