We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
33 of its 45 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 20 of Tunis' 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Food poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
79 of its 90 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Antananarivo accounted for 45 of Madagascar's 79 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
244 of its 562 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Hanoi accounted for 160 of Vietnam's 244 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Train derailment was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash.
52 of its 103 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Casamance accounted for 48 of Senegal's 52 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
570 of its 705 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Idlib accounted for 400 of Syria's 570 stories about harm, carried by 301 outlets. 240 of Idlib's 400 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (228 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
644 of its 919 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (440 stories). Earthquake was named in 550 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
324 of its 393 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tripoli accounted for 221 of Libya's 324 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (262 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
96 of its 158 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 34 of Khartoum's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
238 of its 974 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (136 stories). Drownings were named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
62 of its 63 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Respiratory illness was named in 58 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.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in El Salvador (550 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Greenland (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Italy (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 41,758 stories about harm among 192,085 counted on 8 Jan.
In el Salvador's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 192,085 stories, as usual. Tunisia's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. On 8 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 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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