We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
96 of its 173 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 20 of Budapest's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
39 of its 79 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tirana accounted for 38 of Albania's 39 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
100 of its 249 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 92 of Austria's 100 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories).
135 of its 291 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Ramallah accounted for 114 of Palestine's 135 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
123 of its 133 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Bujumbura accounted for 88 of Burundi's 123 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
40 of its 103 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
50 of its 105 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
61 of its 72 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tunis accounted for 43 of Tunisia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 73 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 247 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 55 of Helsinki's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (156 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Mali (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Belgium (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Zimbabwe (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Yemen (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 42,294 stories about harm among 201,137 counted on 30 Dec.
Hungary stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 201,137 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about three times their 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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