We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed, and how that changed.
105 of its 267 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Moscow accounted for 64 of Russia's 105 stories mentioning harm, carried by 206 outlets. Power cuts were named in 19 of its stories mentioning harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
85 of its 276 stories mentioned people being harmed, about twice usual. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Paris accounted for 83 of France's 105 stories mentioning harm, carried by 101 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Polio was named in 11 of its stories mentioning harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
55 of its 78 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Gaza accounted for 24 of Palestine's 55 stories mentioning harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 60 stories mentioned people being harmed, about 4 times usual. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories).
60 of its 144 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Dhaka accounted for 35 of Bangladesh's 60 stories mentioning harm, carried by 42 outlets.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 65 of Iran's 105 stories mentioning harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Nepal (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in India (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); plane crash in US (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories mentioning people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 6,335 stories mentioning harm among 35,141 counted on 1 Nov.
In Nepal's news, mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual. the share of stories mentioning people being harmed was about as usual, at 18 in every 100 of the day's 35,141. Russia's news mentioned people being harmed about as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 3 of 7 days. Over October, 19 in every 100 stories mentioned people being harmed.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Events with at least 20 stories from 30 outlets.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, outbreaks. Only events with at least 20 stories from 30 outlets. 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 mentioning people being harmed, the part of life their words point to most. Read each against its usual (the mark), not against the others.
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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