We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
73 of its 128 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Warsaw accounted for 63 of Poland's 73 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Earthquake was named in 59 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.
556 of its 628 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Idlib accounted for 296 of Syria's 556 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. 202 of Idlib's 296 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (178 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
137 of its 176 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Casamance accounted for 133 of Senegal's 137 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
135 of its 153 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tripoli accounted for 89 of Libya's 135 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
324 of its 540 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Riyadh accounted for 243 of Saudi Arabia's 324 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. 175 of Riyadh's 243 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories).
100 of its 122 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). Landslides were named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
320 of its 598 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Stockholm accounted for 299 of Sweden's 320 stories about harm, carried by 396 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (186 stories).
798 of its 1,886 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (628 stories). Oil spill was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
59 of its 115 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
78 of its 124 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 34 of Lima's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Cambodia (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Papua New Guinea (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Tunisia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (115 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); house fires in Russia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 22,559 stories about harm among 92,947 counted on 7 Jan.
Poland's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. In Cambodia's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 92,947 stories, above the usual 23. A year earlier, on 7 January 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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