We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed, and how that changed.
82 of its 124 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Mount Everest accounted for 51 of Nepal's 82 stories mentioning harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Snowstorms were named in 17 of its stories mentioning harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
211 of its 401 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Kyiv accounted for 93 of Ukraine's 211 stories mentioning harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 55 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Polio was named in 23 of its stories mentioning harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
46 of its 89 stories mentioned people being harmed, about three times usual. Limah accounted for 27 of Oman's 46 stories mentioning harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 49 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
34 of its 118 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 153 stories mentioned people being harmed, a little more than usual. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories mentioning harm, about 7 times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Plane crash was named in 169 of its stories mentioning harm, about 9 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in US (169 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storm surge in India (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories mentioning people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 12,502 stories mentioning harm among 71,428 counted on 3 Nov.
Stories mentioning people being harmed ran about as usual, 18 in every 100 of the day's 71,428.
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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