We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
78 of its 90 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Asuncion accounted for 76 of Paraguay's 78 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
148 of its 357 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Bucharest accounted for 116 of Romania's 148 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of Milan's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (69 stories). Road crashes were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
648 of its 2,178 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (338 stories). Train derailment was named in 182 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
570 of its 616 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Mogadishu accounted for 538 of Somalia's 570 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (341 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
77 of its 115 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,439 of its 3,562 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,177 of Israel's 1,439 stories about harm, carried by 469 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
166 of its 213 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Yangon accounted for 124 of Myanmar's 166 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories).
97 of its 207 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
447 of its 705 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (310 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Puerto Rico (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Kashmir (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 42,569 stories about harm among 217,784 counted on 14 Dec.
Paraguay's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 217,784 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. South Sudan's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 14 December 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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