We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
718 of its 1,232 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Unrwa accounted for 460 of Palestine's 718 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (351 stories). Heavy rain was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
345 of its 694 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Amsterdam accounted for 293 of the Netherlands' 345 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (212 stories). Power cuts were named in 149 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
64 of its 192 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hiv.
78 of its 264 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
157 of its 196 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kadovar Island accounted for 103 of Papua New Guinea's 157 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Tsunami was named in 120 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
104 of its 113 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Akobo accounted for 62 of South Sudan's 104 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
245 of its 378 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (231 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 66 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
492 of its 1,501 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Building collapse was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
15 of its 19 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 6 of Paoua's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (120 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Albania (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Mexico (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in China (84 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in Brazil (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 46,173 stories about harm among 212,013 counted on 18 Jan.
Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 212,013 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. For the second day running, the news turned to Palestine. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the tsunami about three times as often as usual. Palestine's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%.
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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