We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
126 of its 273 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 96 of Bangladesh's 126 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (51 stories). Earthquake was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
89 of its 135 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 55 of Palestine's 89 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
6 of Kathmandu's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
10 of its 29 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%.
195 of its 323 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jerusalem accounted for 51 of Israel's 195 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
415 of its 838 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (224 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
58 of its 149 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 16 of Kashmir's 26 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
11 of its 49 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Thailand (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Ukraine (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in US (67 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 9,004 stories about harm among 54,852 counted on 22 Nov.
Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and Israel. 16 in every 100 of the day's 54,852 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Bangladesh's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Bangladesh for the second day running. Bangladesh's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.
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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