We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 129 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Algiers accounted for 56 of Algeria's 66 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 39 of Algiers' 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
504 of its 844 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Cairo accounted for 399 of Egypt's 504 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (173 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
175 of its 217 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 143 of Haiti's 175 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (130 stories).
681 of its 1,233 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
3,637 of its 4,415 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Aleppo accounted for 3,095 of Syria's 3,637 stories about harm, carried by 1,606 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (255 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
311 of its 846 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (175 stories). Hunger was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 119 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Srebrenica accounted for 68 of Bosnia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
109 of its 271 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Tropical storm was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
75 of its 150 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 43 of Addis Ababa's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories).
281 of its 784 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 89 of Nairobi's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (110 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bahamas (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Pakistan (153 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Palestine (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 52,683 stories about harm among 268,534 counted on 13 Dec.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 268,534 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Algeria's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%.
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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