We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
146 of its 273 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Sumatra accounted for 65 of Indonesia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Tropical storm was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 129 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Beit Jinn accounted for 80 of Syria's 89 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
15 of its 27 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 7 of Tunis' 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
34 of its 106 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bissau accounted for 34 of Guinea-Bissau's 34 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets.
134 of its 206 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Colombo accounted for 50 of Sri Lanka's 134 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
92 of its 207 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Songkhla accounted for 52 of Thailand's 92 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
103 of its 159 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jenin accounted for 49 of Palestine's 103 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
373 of its 507 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
79 of its 318 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Malaysia (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Sri Lanka (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (137 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 11,715 stories about harm among 70,240 counted on 28 Nov.
Malaysia's news mentioned tropical storm more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 70,240 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 November 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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