We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
135 of its 252 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bogota accounted for 117 of Colombia's 135 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
132 of its 192 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
122 of its 158 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Krimulda accounted for 121 of Latvia's 122 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories).
224 of its 313 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bishkek accounted for 212 of Kyrgyzstan's 224 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
828 of its 2,314 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Extreme cold was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
2,234 of its 2,905 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Istanbul accounted for 1,771 of Türkiye's 2,234 stories about harm, carried by 1,266 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,565 of its 3,349 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (435 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
90 of its 151 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
30 of its 102 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 9 of Owambo's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
63 of its 222 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Landslides were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Netherlands (77 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Argentina (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Myanmar (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Angola (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Zambia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 55,697 stories about harm among 268,112 counted on 17 Jan.
The Netherlands' news mentioned power cuts about 7 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 268,112 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Colombia, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. On 18 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as 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 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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