We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 87 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Vilnius accounted for 51 of Lithuania's 55 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 41 of Vilnius' 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
121 of its 146 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Abidjan accounted for 108 of Côte d’Ivoire's 121 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (104 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
51 of its 72 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dakar accounted for 43 of Senegal's 51 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
96 of its 169 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (65 stories). Landslides were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 67 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
473 of its 811 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 132 of Copenhagen's 203 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
253 of its 446 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kampala accounted for 210 of Uganda's 253 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Ebola was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
145 of its 188 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Maputo accounted for 135 of Mozambique's 145 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
92 of its 265 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
107 of its 304 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Argentina (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cholera in Haiti (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 49,616 stories about harm among 245,678 counted on 27 Jan.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 245,678 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Lithuania stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%.
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.
The words in the day's stories were much harsher 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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