We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
316 of its 453 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Buenos Aires accounted for 293 of Argentina's 316 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 279 of Buenos Aires' 293 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (264 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
118 of its 199 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Zagreb accounted for 117 of Croatia's 118 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
110 of its 132 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Kingstown accounted for 110 of St Vincent's 110 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
536 of its 1,159 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (244 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
158 of its 187 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Yangon accounted for 98 of Myanmar's 158 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories).
141 of its 257 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 115 of Lebanon's 141 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).
39 of its 106 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 37 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 15 of el Alto's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).
22 of its 59 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Road crashes were named in 14 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.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Saudi Arabia (130 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Kenya (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (141 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Mozambique (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Malawi (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 42,347 stories about harm among 199,486 counted on 19 Dec.
Saudi Arabia's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 199,486 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Argentina, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. On 19 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, 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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