We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
416 of its 447 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kirakira accounted for 189 of the Solomon Islands' 416 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (78 stories). Power cuts were named in 118 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
668 of its 914 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cairo accounted for 560 of Egypt's 668 stories about harm, carried by 413 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (405 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
251 of its 479 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 9 of Bogota's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
34 of its 69 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Plague was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
255 of its 585 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (129 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
140 of its 254 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Phnom Penh accounted for 116 of Cambodia's 140 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
109 of its 141 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Sirte accounted for 76 of Libya's 109 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
138 of its 205 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
537 of its 1,239 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
567 of its 991 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Spain (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Korea (156 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Haiti (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Pakistan (144 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); train derailment in Peru (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Dec. 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 54,715 stories about harm among 261,313 counted on 9 Dec.
The Solomon Islands' news mentioned power cuts about 5 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 261,313 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Solomon Islands, 93% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% 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.
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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