We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,240 of its 1,431 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 965 of Afghanistan's 1,240 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,028 stories). Hunger was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
816 of its 1,594 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 685 of Iran's 816 stories about harm, carried by 463 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (640 stories). Drownings were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
186 of its 291 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (138 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
99 of its 169 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Ljubljana accounted for 95 of Slovenia's 99 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 93 of Ljubljana's 95 stories were about protests or strikes.
191 of its 318 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lviv accounted for 132 of Ukraine's 191 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
107 of its 199 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
410 of its 649 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Warsaw accounted for 315 of Poland's 410 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (177 stories).
102 of its 383 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 67 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
297 of its 798 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (181 stories). Heavy rain was named in 138 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Thailand (138 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Barbados (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Guatemala (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Philippines (184 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Albania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 57,732 stories about harm among 272,593 counted on 10 Jan.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 272,593 stories, as usual. Mentions of heavy rain ran about 7 times their usual in Thailand's news. A year earlier, on 11 January 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Afghanistan stood out: 87% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 58%.
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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