We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
472 of its 741 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bolivar accounted for 343 of Venezuela's 472 stories about harm, carried by 364 outlets. 292 of Bolivar's 343 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Train derailment was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms.
655 of its 870 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (362 stories). House fires were named in 179 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
129 of its 165 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Novska accounted for 97 of Croatia's 129 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Poisoning was named in 125 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
95 of its 165 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Abidjan accounted for 88 of Côte d’Ivoire's 95 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
100 of its 147 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Algiers accounted for 86 of Algeria's 100 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.
830 of its 884 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Sanaa accounted for 608 of Yemen's 830 stories about harm, carried by 500 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (611 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
467 of its 573 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (81 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
254 of its 359 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (148 stories). Road crashes were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
108 of its 180 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
486 of its 625 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (437 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Lesotho (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Czechia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Peru (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 31,482 stories about harm among 127,662 counted on 18 Dec.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 9 October 2016. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Croatia's news. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 127,662 stories, above the usual 21. This week the news turned most often to Egypt, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.
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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