We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
80 of its 127 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tbilisi accounted for 79 of Georgia's 80 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. 79 of Tbilisi's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories).
51 of its 98 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (6 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 32 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Vang Vieng accounted for 18 of Laos' 23 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
223 of its 250 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Aleppo accounted for 196 of Syria's 223 stories about harm, carried by 426 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
141 of its 365 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Heavy rain was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
13 of its 33 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
177 of its 299 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 97 of Bangladesh's 177 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets.
12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
21 of its 40 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
11 of its 31 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (46 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Malaysia (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (78 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 13,143 stories about harm among 78,674 counted on 29 Nov.
In Uganda's news, mentions of landslides ran about 9 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 78,674 stories, as usual. Georgia's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. A year earlier, on 30 November 2023, 19 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 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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