We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
408 of its 519 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Nadi accounted for 201 of Fiji's 408 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories). Tsunami was named in 366 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
364 of its 866 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 80 of Amazonas' 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (252 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,413 of its 2,790 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (762 stories). Power cuts were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,866 of its 2,871 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Istanbul accounted for 1,419 of Türkiye's 1,866 stories about harm, carried by 919 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
229 of its 616 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 82 of Tehran's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
75 of its 83 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
127 of its 324 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,382 of its 3,120 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 472 of Tel Aviv's 694 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
138 of its 279 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 118 of Nepal's 138 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (104 stories).
344 of its 979 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Oil spill was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Tanzania (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Germany (193 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Cameroon (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Singapore (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Jan. 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 52,090 stories about harm among 258,573 counted on 4 Jan.
In Fiji's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 10 times their usual. Fiji stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 5 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today. of the day's 258,573 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the 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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