We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
111 of its 179 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 93 of Lebanon's 111 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 122 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 48 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. 34 of Bamako's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (37 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
42 of its 42 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Cyclone was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and storms.
324 of its 369 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Sanaa accounted for 221 of Yemen's 324 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (178 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
460 of its 804 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 367 of Iran's 460 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories).
323 of its 680 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (138 stories). Heatwave was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
766 of its 1,357 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
637 of its 776 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
499 of its 640 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 319 of Afghanistan's 499 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Cambodia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in South Africa (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Russia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Jan. 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 26,182 stories about harm among 120,673 counted on 10 Jan.
Of the day's 120,673 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. This week the news turned most often to Saudi Arabia, on 4 of 7 days.
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.
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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