We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
456 of its 624 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Baumgarten An Der March accounted for 373 of Austria's 456 stories about harm, carried by 494 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (433 stories). Plane crash was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion.
166 of its 222 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reykjavik accounted for 146 of Iceland's 166 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. 130 of Reykjavik's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
103 of its 138 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Skopje accounted for 97 of North Macedonia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
279 of its 380 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Drownings were named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
125 of its 198 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Hurricane was named in 111 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
1,549 of its 3,026 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,221 of Israel's 1,549 stories about harm, carried by 486 outlets. 614 of Jerusalem's 1,221 stories were about protests or strikes. Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
507 of its 783 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Diphtheria was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis, whooping cough and polio. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
105 of its 168 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
339 of its 737 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
52 of its 113 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Cholera was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bahamas (111 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in France (185 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Croatia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Zambia (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); malaria in São Tomé (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 43,624 stories about harm among 207,666 counted on 12 Dec.
In Austria, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 207,666 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran about 9 times their usual in the Bahamas' news. A year earlier, on 12 December 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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