We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
483 of its 596 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 412 of Honduras' 483 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 394 of Tegucigalpa's 412 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (448 stories).
191 of its 199 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tirana accounted for 167 of Albania's 191 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Landslides were named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
315 of its 342 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Mogadishu accounted for 298 of Somalia's 315 stories about harm, carried by 378 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (259 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
242 of its 336 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Caracas accounted for 196 of Venezuela's 242 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (228 stories).
604 of its 1,135 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 277 of Hannover's 277 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
335 of its 642 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 155 of Qusra's 260 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
520 of its 1,552 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three 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.
386 of its 694 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 62 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
186 of its 271 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Philippines (136 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Syria (84 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); meningitis in Yemen (62 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Thailand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in India (166 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Dec. 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 25,915 stories about harm among 124,505 counted on 2 Dec.
Honduras' news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 124,505 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Honduras for the second day running. Mentions of landslides ran about 4 times their usual in Albania's news. On 2 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 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 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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