We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
666 of its 992 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Santiago accounted for 603 of Chile's 666 stories about harm, carried by 442 outlets. 442 of Santiago's 603 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
52 of its 77 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Adjame accounted for 47 of Côte d’Ivoire's 52 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Meningitis was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
502 of its 2,401 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (325 stories). Oil spill was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
728 of its 1,142 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Unrwa accounted for 463 of Palestine's 728 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (478 stories).
131 of its 163 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Arakan accounted for 74 of Myanmar's 131 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 70 of Arakan's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
66 of its 124 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 39 of Khartoum's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
142 of its 433 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 14 of Mong Kok's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
141 of its 238 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 5 of Kivu's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
949 of its 2,472 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Switzerland (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Taiwan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Norway (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 47,759 stories about harm among 220,852 counted on 17 Jan.
In Côte d’Ivoire's news, mentions of meningitis ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 220,852 stories, below the usual 23. It was the third day running that the news turned to Chile. In Chile, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. On 17 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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