We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,607 of its 2,070 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Damascus accounted for 1,049 of Syria's 1,607 stories about harm, carried by 506 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (575 stories). Tornadoes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
330 of its 732 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Uppsala accounted for 245 of Sweden's 330 stories about harm, carried by 271 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,244 of its 2,682 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (320 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
121 of its 339 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 65 of Colombo's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
135 of its 249 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Svay Rieng accounted for 92 of Cambodia's 135 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
115 of its 153 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 72 of Somalia's 115 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Bishkek accounted for 169 of Kyrgyzstan's 198 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 149 of Bishkek's 169 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
53 of its 106 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
74 of its 233 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
344 of its 706 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bird flu was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Chile (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Saudi Arabia (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Cameroon (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (126 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plane crash in Brazil (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 54,295 stories about harm among 280,309 counted on 24 Jan.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 November 2016. In Chile's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 280,309 stories, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 25 January 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 19 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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