We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
76 of its 104 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 61 of Honduras' 76 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 60 of Tegucigalpa's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
198 of its 355 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Santiago accounted for 181 of Chile's 198 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (143 stories). Plague was named in 139 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
179 of its 224 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Niamey accounted for 143 of Niger's 179 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
77 of its 158 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
545 of its 918 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 489 of Israel's 545 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 391 of Jerusalem's 489 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (183 stories).
121 of its 137 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Tunis accounted for 100 of Tunisia's 121 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 98 of Tunis' 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories).
635 of its 1,242 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
562 of its 854 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ramallah accounted for 481 of Palestine's 562 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories).
44 of its 86 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 14 of Lusaka's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).
78 of its 101 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in South Korea (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Netherlands (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in US (447 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 29,651 stories about harm among 119,509 counted on 13 Jan.
Mentions of the plague ran about 9 times their usual in Chile's news. A year earlier, on 13 January 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 119,509 stories, above the usual 23. Honduras' news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 65%.
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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