We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
220 of its 260 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bucharest accounted for 193 of Romania's 220 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 163 of Bucharest's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Plague was named in 154 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
137 of its 210 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Zagan accounted for 117 of Poland's 137 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
167 of its 244 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 148 of Lebanon's 167 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 144 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
237 of its 447 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 81 of Rio Grande do Norte's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
539 of its 566 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bougainville accounted for 505 of Papua New Guinea's 539 stories about harm, carried by 616 outlets. Tsunami was named in 536 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake.
334 of its 354 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 210 of Yemen's 334 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
621 of its 2,530 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (204 stories). Landslides were named in 202 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
2,258 of its 7,745 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (1,187 stories). Train derailment was named in 937 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
637 of its 1,392 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Banjul accounted for 570 of the Gambia's 637 stories about harm, carried by 381 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (536 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Italy (412 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in India (937 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Uganda (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (202 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 31,707 stories about harm among 138,352 counted on 22 Jan.
In Romania, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 138,352 stories, above the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Romania. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. On 23 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Italy, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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