We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
122 of its 146 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Quito accounted for 79 of Ecuador's 122 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
139 of its 183 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 30 of Manama's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
375 of its 665 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Dhaka accounted for 286 of Bangladesh's 375 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
76 of its 157 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
146 of its 220 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Caracas accounted for 111 of Venezuela's 146 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 97 of Caracas' 111 stories were about protests or strikes.
234 of its 864 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 38 of Madrid's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (179 stories).
85 of its 255 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Storms were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
203 of its 377 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Cairo accounted for 157 of Egypt's 203 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. 137 of Cairo's 157 stories were about protests or strikes.
658 of its 1,512 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
78 of its 93 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Brazil (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Netherlands (35 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Malawi (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Singapore (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 33,150 stories about harm among 153,794 counted on 14 Jan.
Brazil's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 153,794 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ecuador, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. A year earlier, on 15 January 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.
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 softer 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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