We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
107 of its 155 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 47 of Afghanistan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
89 of its 293 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Heavy rain was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (213 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 40 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
98 of its 172 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Caracas accounted for 49 of Venezuela's 98 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
191 of its 456 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
41 of its 78 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Volcanic eruption was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
49 of its 113 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 49 of Lebanon's 60 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Ethiopia (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Jamaica (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in India (198 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Türkiye (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 15,456 stories about harm among 89,838 counted on 25 Nov.
Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 89,838 stories, above the usual 16. On 25 November 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 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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