We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
209 of its 268 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. San Juancito accounted for 158 of Honduras' 209 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
3,461 of its 4,054 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jakarta accounted for 3,239 of Indonesia's 3,461 stories about harm, carried by 1,634 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,487 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
151 of its 216 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 20 of Freetown's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
104 of its 187 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dakar accounted for 99 of Senegal's 104 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
94 of its 106 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Bujumbura accounted for 65 of Burundi's 94 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 47 of Bujumbura's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
97 of its 277 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 64 of Baku's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,678 of its 2,131 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 130 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
84 of its 139 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Chisinau accounted for 83 of Moldova's 84 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 82 of Chisinau's 83 stories were about protests or strikes.
85 of its 231 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
21 of its 23 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Portugal (198 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (218 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Greenland (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zambia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 50,840 stories about harm among 250,622 counted on 14 Jan.
Honduras stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 250,622 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Portugal's news mentioned the hurricane more than ten times as often as usual.
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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