We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
76 of its 148 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Storms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 129 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 80 of Lebanon's 85 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
405 of its 795 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (234 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 5 of Tunis' 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
91 of its 146 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 53 of Palestine's 91 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 27 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Sanaa accounted for 16 of Yemen's 18 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 101 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 25 of Iran's 44 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets.
14 of Brasilia's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 89 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Thailand (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (38 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in US (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 7,390 stories about harm among 47,440 counted on 23 Nov.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 47,440 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and Israel. Vietnam's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. A year earlier, on 23 November 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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