We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
392 of its 486 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 372 of Honduras' 392 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (373 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 213 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
255 of its 492 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 150 of Vienna's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
223 of its 317 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Extreme cold was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
249 of its 278 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Niamey accounted for 208 of Niger's 249 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (204 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
132 of its 155 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Bahr el Ghazal accounted for 82 of South Sudan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
411 of its 522 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kabul accounted for 309 of Afghanistan's 411 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (244 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 72 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Libreville accounted for 46 of Gabon's 48 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
278 of its 540 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 255 of Lebanon's 278 stories about harm, carried by 325 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
674 of its 2,432 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (226 stories). Wildfires were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
65 of its 132 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (222 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Namibia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in France (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); respiratory illness in Japan (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 37,891 stories about harm among 172,168 counted on 18 Dec.
For the second day running, the news turned to Honduras. Honduras stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. On 18 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. of the day's 172,168 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.
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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