We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
139 of its 205 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Mohammedia accounted for 97 of Morocco's 139 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
239 of its 283 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
776 of its 960 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. 143 of Raqqa's 203 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories).
38 of its 95 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories).
374 of its 411 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Sanaa accounted for 289 of Yemen's 374 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jakarta accounted for 360 of Indonesia's 539 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Wildfires were named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,003 of its 1,249 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Baghdad accounted for 765 of Iraq's 1,003 stories about harm, carried by 741 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (632 stories).
292 of its 623 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
180 of its 415 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories).
127 of its 174 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Tunisia (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Kashmir (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Bulgaria (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in Romania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 42,714 stories about harm among 199,836 counted on 18 Jan.
Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in Tunisia's news. of the day's 199,836 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Morocco's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and Burkina Faso.
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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