We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 137 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Tallinn accounted for 63 of Estonia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
141 of its 211 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (125 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.
172 of its 323 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bucharest accounted for 157 of Romania's 172 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 134 of Bucharest's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories).
181 of its 571 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
398 of its 843 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Astana accounted for 388 of Kazakhstan's 398 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
175 of its 386 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 71 of Warsaw's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
409 of its 740 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Cairo accounted for 306 of Egypt's 409 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
659 of its 1,500 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (460 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
299 of its 651 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Volcanic eruption was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Iran (113 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Netherlands (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (68 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in French Polynesia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Myanmar (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 50,311 stories about harm among 240,196 counted on 23 Jan.
Estonia stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 11%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 240,196 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iran's news, mentions of building collapse ran about 6 times their usual. On 24 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 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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