We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Mogadishu accounted for 88 of Somalia's 104 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. 66 of Mogadishu's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Hunger was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
331 of its 438 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Lorengau accounted for 298 of Papua New Guinea's 331 stories about harm, carried by 352 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
200 of its 224 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Srebrenica accounted for 158 of Bosnia's 200 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
96 of its 165 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (80 stories). Outbreaks were named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
100 of its 194 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Cabinda accounted for 94 of Angola's 100 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 93 of Cabinda's 94 stories were about protests or strikes.
164 of its 262 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bogota accounted for 125 of Colombia's 164 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
322 of its 881 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Hepatitis was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
478 of its 1,534 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (372 stories). Plane crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
146 of its 436 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Power cuts were named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
69 of its 476 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Thailand (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in North Korea (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Italy (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hepatitis in South Korea (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 Nov. 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 32,287 stories about harm among 159,578 counted on 23 Nov.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Papua New Guinea and Australia. of the day's 159,578 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Liberia's news mentioned outbreaks about 5 times as often as usual. On 23 November 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 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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