We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
100 of its 136 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 90 of Lebanon's 100 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
438 of its 1,031 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (210 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
84 of its 347 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides.
29 of Saint James' 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Respiratory illness was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
116 of its 194 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Caracas accounted for 58 of Venezuela's 116 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Peshawar accounted for 85 of Pakistan's 174 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Road crashes were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with house fires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 81 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Volcanic eruption was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
96 of its 230 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
34 of its 105 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Ethiopia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Brazil (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Türkiye (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 13,279 stories about harm among 81,386 counted on 24 Nov.
In Jamaica's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 16 in every 100 of the day's 81,386 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Lebanon. In Lebanon, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. On 24 November 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 softer than 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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