We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
230 of its 277 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tunis accounted for 193 of Tunisia's 230 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. 157 of Tunis' 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
176 of its 360 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Havana accounted for 159 of Cuba's 176 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
329 of its 833 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (67 stories). Avalanche was named in 169 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
117 of its 289 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
712 of its 2,088 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 245 of Paris' 441 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (134 stories). Road crashes were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
141 of its 161 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Cayman accounted for 138 of the Cayman Islands' 141 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
181 of its 339 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
231 of its 318 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tripoli accounted for 146 of Libya's 231 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (201 stories).
854 of its 1,557 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
166 of its 523 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 74 of Bangkok's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Saudi Arabia (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Latvia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Cameroon (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Namibia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Honduras (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 44,507 stories about harm among 218,093 counted on 10 Jan.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Tunisia. In Tunisia, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 218,093 stories, below the usual 22. On 10 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 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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