We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,616 of its 2,290 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tehran accounted for 890 of Iran's 1,616 stories about harm, carried by 682 outlets. 835 of Tehran's 890 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
469 of its 744 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (344 stories). Gas explosion was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
620 of its 1,236 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
466 of its 802 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ramallah accounted for 338 of Palestine's 466 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
197 of its 332 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 106 of Alberto Fujimori's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
351 of its 1,057 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (166 stories). Train derailment was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
95 of its 135 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kigali accounted for 90 of Rwanda's 95 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories).
34 of its 43 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
482 of its 1,273 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (165 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
229 of its 527 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Bangladesh (64 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in South Africa (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Madagascar (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Jan. 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 42,810 stories about harm among 191,766 counted on 5 Jan.
For the seventh day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 191,766 stories, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. In Bangladesh's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 7 times their usual. On 5 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 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 softer 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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