We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,743 of its 3,577 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Peshawar accounted for 2,025 of Pakistan's 2,743 stories about harm, carried by 1,281 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
132 of its 158 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 114 of Honduras' 132 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. 111 of Tegucigalpa's 114 stories were about protests or strikes.
47 of its 75 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Chikungunya was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dengue.
376 of its 1,275 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (146 stories). Natural hazards were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
134 of its 273 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
394 of its 767 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
400 of its 642 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Pyongyang accounted for 372 of North Korea's 400 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola and hiv.
1,560 of its 1,866 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Dust storm was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
195 of its 435 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Romania (72 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); chikungunya in Colombia (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in North Korea (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Greece (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Switzerland (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 52,628 stories about harm among 251,847 counted on 20 Jan.
Romania's news mentioned the hypothermia about 8 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 251,847 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Pakistan, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is 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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