We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed, and how that changed.
173 of its 333 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Kyiv accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 173 stories mentioning harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 58 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Tigray accounted for 20 of Ethiopia's 30 stories mentioning harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 121 stories mentioned people being harmed, about three times usual. Brussels accounted for 28 of Belgium's 56 stories mentioning harm, carried by 45 outlets.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (124 stories). Plane crash was named in 240 of its stories mentioning harm, more than ten times usual.
28 of its 52 stories mentioned people being harmed, about three times usual. Budapest accounted for 25 of Hungary's 28 stories mentioning harm, carried by 31 outlets.
20 of its 62 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Vienna accounted for 17 of Austria's 20 stories mentioning harm, carried by 7 outlets.
Gaza accounted for 24 of Palestine's 62 stories mentioning harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Cyclone was named in 164 of its stories mentioning harm, about 4 times usual, with storm surge.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Nepal (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (164 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories mentioning people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 11,200 stories mentioning harm among 63,502 counted on 2 Nov.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ukraine. Stories mentioning people being harmed ran about as usual, 18 in every 100 of the day's 63,502. In Ukraine, the news mentioned people being harmed about one and a half times as often as usual.
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 much 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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