We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,485 of its 3,109 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,274 of Syria's 2,485 stories about harm, carried by 667 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (977 stories). Malaria was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
162 of its 387 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (131 stories). Plane crash was named in 123 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
31 of its 43 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 8 of Niamey's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). HIV was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
141 of its 172 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Kambia accounted for 111 of Sierra Leone's 141 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
504 of its 828 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cairo accounted for 442 of Egypt's 504 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. 267 of Cairo's 442 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,106 of its 1,941 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jerusalem accounted for 750 of Israel's 1,106 stories about harm, carried by 358 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
180 of its 307 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (124 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
191 of its 207 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Bambari accounted for 174 of the Central African Republic's 191 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
139 of its 371 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,082 of its 1,830 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Drought was named in 274 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with whooping cough and diphtheria. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Kashmir (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Brazil (274 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Philippines (62 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Thailand (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Feb. 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 51,848 stories about harm among 263,798 counted on 4 Feb.
Poland's news mentioned plane crash more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 263,798 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the UK. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Syria's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 75%.
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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