We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
189 of its 222 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Juba accounted for 120 of South Sudan's 189 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 99 of Juba's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
145 of its 183 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tete accounted for 81 of Mozambique's 145 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
161 of its 212 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 203 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
399 of its 1,010 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 215 of Athens' 259 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (133 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Aleppo accounted for 704 of Syria's 964 stories about harm, carried by 519 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Hunger was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
117 of its 141 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tunis accounted for 93 of Tunisia's 117 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
67 of its 153 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
67 of its 303 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
153 of its 312 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Italy (108 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Brazil (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malawi (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Fiji (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Nov. 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 55,161 stories about harm among 281,324 counted on 17 Nov.
In Italy's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 281,324 stories, as usual. South Sudan's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 63%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 softer 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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