We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,316 of its 6,123 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Jerusalem accounted for 2,238 of Israel's 2,316 stories about harm, carried by 1,154 outlets. 1,828 of Jerusalem's 2,238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,195 stories). Plague was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
44 of its 52 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kivu accounted for 26 of the DR Congo's 44 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
164 of its 341 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Ebola was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
186 of its 460 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Oslo accounted for 161 of Norway's 186 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (156 stories).
235 of its 282 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 144 of Yemen's 235 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
104 of its 169 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
502 of its 538 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
259 of its 482 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 75 of Gaza's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (112 stories).
31 of its 147 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Plague was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
27 of its 100 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Saudi Arabia (97 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (42 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Netherlands (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Philippines (180 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 40,780 stories about harm among 208,895 counted on 8 Dec.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo. of the day's 208,895 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual in Saudi Arabia's news. In Israel, 38% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual.
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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