We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
75 of its 205 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mexico City accounted for 43 of Mexico's 75 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 40 of Mexico City's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tripoli accounted for 16 of Libya's 23 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 112 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jammu accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 56 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 of its 8 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 3 of Kocani's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
84 of its 214 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Road crashes were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 25 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 46 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Ethiopia (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 7,664 stories about harm among 49,814 counted on 16 Nov.
Stories about people being harmed made up 15 in every 100 of the day's 49,814 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 16 November 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 15 today. This week the news turned most often to Indonesia, on 3 of 7 days.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 15 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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