We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
337 of its 619 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 261 of Pakistan's 337 stories about harm, carried by 391 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
49 of its 164 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Typhoon was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and storms.
8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 87 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
1,698 of its 6,002 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Delhi accounted for 1,093 of India's 1,698 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (471 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
86 of its 233 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bangkok accounted for 43 of Thailand's 86 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
19 of its 26 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
231 of its 598 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (51 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Ghana (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Brazil (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Jamaica (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 15,140 stories about harm among 91,509 counted on 11 Nov.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 91,509 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Pakistan stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. On 11 November 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as 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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