We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
58 of its 117 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 29 of Nepal's 58 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 26 of Kathmandu's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
152 of its 253 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 100 of Palestine's 152 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 84 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Prague accounted for 19 of the Czechia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
29 of its 53 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
554 of its 1,261 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
89 of its 241 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche.
Kyiv accounted for 106 of Ukraine's 231 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 30 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 3 of Minsk's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
11 of its 31 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories).
71 of its 237 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in UK (51 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 15,620 stories about harm among 94,692 counted on 20 Nov.
People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 94,692 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. A year earlier, on 20 November 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 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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