We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
742 of its 976 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (410 stories). Road crashes were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
107 of its 141 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Algiers accounted for 103 of Algeria's 107 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 98 of Algiers' 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,102 of its 1,275 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Cairo accounted for 1,004 of Egypt's 1,102 stories about harm, carried by 906 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (906 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
243 of its 454 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Bucharest accounted for 214 of Romania's 243 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (242 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
208 of its 248 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Sofia accounted for 133 of Bulgaria's 208 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (196 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,643 of its 2,768 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (606 stories). Building collapse was named in 519 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
465 of its 525 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Mogadishu accounted for 449 of Somalia's 465 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (354 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
111 of its 140 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Abidjan accounted for 110 of Côte d’Ivoire's 111 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
172 of its 227 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
125 of its 212 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 101 of Warsaw's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Italy (192 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (519 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Palestine (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sweden (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 28,938 stories about harm among 131,855 counted on 11 Dec.
In Kenya, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 131,855 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual in Italy's news.
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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