We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
525 of its 557 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Bujumbura accounted for 437 of Burundi's 525 stories about harm, carried by 320 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (295 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
178 of its 310 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 119 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
266 of its 377 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Bogota accounted for 224 of Colombia's 266 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
39 of its 84 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
89 of its 187 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
92 of its 111 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
165 of its 225 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Bangui accounted for 109 of the Central African Republic's 165 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
117 of its 505 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (100 stories). Typhoon was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash and heavy rain.
125 of its 284 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kampala accounted for 99 of Uganda's 125 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
820 of its 1,757 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Wildfires were named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness, hiv and cholera.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Uganda (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Syria (192 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Sweden (35 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 46,849 stories about harm among 228,289 counted on 29 Jan.
Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 21 in every 100 of the day's 228,289 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ethiopia's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual. Burundi stood out: 94% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 79%.
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 about as 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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