We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
118 of its 169 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Gaza accounted for 54 of Palestine's 118 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
57 of its 167 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Landslides were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
178 of its 277 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 70 of Afghanistan's 178 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
53 of its 156 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bissau accounted for 53 of Guinea-Bissau's 53 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).
507 of its 635 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
119 of its 242 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.
16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
88 of its 210 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
26 of its 59 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (60 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (94 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 12,617 stories about harm among 75,113 counted on 27 Nov.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Hong Kong and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 75,113 stories, as usual. Palestine's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 53%. On 27 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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