We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,075 of its 2,181 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,038 of Israel's 1,075 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (521 stories). Accidents were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,345 of its 1,976 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (824 stories). Tropical storm was named in 1,029 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with flooding, landslides and typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 158 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 27 of Kathmandu's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
38 of its 105 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Train derailment was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
139 of its 276 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
86 of its 100 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Brazzaville accounted for 52 of Congo's 86 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
135 of its 164 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Hodeida accounted for 67 of Yemen's 135 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
472 of its 747 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (404 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
91 of its 94 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Niamey accounted for 89 of Niger's 91 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
103 of its 124 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Dinka accounted for 53 of South Sudan's 103 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (50 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in North Korea (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Saudi Arabia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Iran (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 25,728 stories about harm among 110,880 counted on 23 Dec.
23 in every 100 of the day's 110,880 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. On 23 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 23 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 harsher 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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