We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
103 of its 118 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Guatemala City accounted for 82 of Guatemala's 103 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 81 of Guatemala City's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (90 stories). Hunger was named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
457 of its 568 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Ghouta accounted for 240 of Syria's 457 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (231 stories). Meningitis was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
405 of its 426 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Conakry accounted for 401 of Guinea's 405 stories about harm, carried by 578 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (403 stories).
89 of its 158 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Budapest accounted for 87 of Hungary's 89 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
383 of its 605 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 159 of Tehran's 207 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (161 stories). Bird flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
960 of its 1,118 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Cairo accounted for 892 of Egypt's 960 stories about harm, carried by 839 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (658 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
238 of its 267 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Diphtheria was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hepatitis and whooping cough. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 90 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Drownings were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
631 of its 2,356 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (216 stories). Bird flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
89 of its 155 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Albania (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Armenia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (37 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Libya (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in US (994 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 37,216 stories about harm among 157,001 counted on 29 Dec.
Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Guatemala's news. In Guatemala, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 157,001 stories, above the usual 21. On 29 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 24 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 much 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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