We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,895 of its 3,078 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (1,327 stories). Hypothermia was named in 240 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
541 of its 636 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Sirte accounted for 453 of Libya's 541 stories about harm, carried by 594 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (382 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
70 of its 109 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 38 of Port-au-Prince's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
56 of its 204 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,363 of its 2,059 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 1,307 of Iran's 1,363 stories about harm, carried by 1,005 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Building collapse was named in 314 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
151 of its 269 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bogota accounted for 109 of Colombia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
207 of its 359 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
329 of its 376 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (311 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 85 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Abidjan accounted for 48 of Côte d’Ivoire's 57 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).
156 of its 470 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 116 of Warsaw's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Chile (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Kenya (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Iran (314 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Saudi Arabia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 57,841 stories about harm among 286,424 counted on 19 Jan.
In Haiti's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 286,424 stories, below the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Italy. In Italy, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. A year earlier, on 20 January 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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