We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
83 of its 155 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Panama City accounted for 82 of Panama's 83 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
348 of its 803 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Vienna accounted for 331 of Austria's 348 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
122 of its 215 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 99 of Myanmar's 122 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 95 of Yangon's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
250 of its 436 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Wildfires were named in 129 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
516 of its 844 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Banjul accounted for 470 of the Gambia's 516 stories about harm, carried by 319 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
237 of its 319 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 84 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Vilnius accounted for 43 of Lithuania's 46 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories).
87 of its 170 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
307 of its 631 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 82 of Dhaka's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (160 stories).
Mogadishu accounted for 216 of Somalia's 319 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Italy (211 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Benin (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Ethiopia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Czechia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in Egypt (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 55,949 stories about harm among 274,706 counted on 26 Jan.
Panama stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 274,706 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. Chile's news mentioned wildfires about 6 times as often as usual. On 27 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 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.
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 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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