We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
751 of its 902 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Ghouta accounted for 417 of Syria's 751 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (361 stories). Cholera was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
342 of its 534 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 63 of Luhansk's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Outbreaks were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
233 of its 449 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 184 of Iran's 233 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
169 of its 211 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yaounde accounted for 123 of Cameroon's 169 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
146 of its 178 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Yangon accounted for 117 of Myanmar's 146 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 61 of Yangon's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (114 stories).
53 of its 158 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 46 of Jerada's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 stories). Flooding was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
90 of its 133 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Eldhraun accounted for 72 of Iceland's 90 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories).
1,054 of its 2,839 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (621 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera.
76 of its 120 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tunis accounted for 61 of Tunisia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 38 of Tunis' 61 stories were about protests or strikes.
224 of its 542 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Morocco (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (157 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Ireland (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (115 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 35,325 stories about harm among 153,692 counted on 27 Dec.
In Morocco's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 153,692 stories, above the usual 21. Syria's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 66%. On 27 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 23 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 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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