We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
113 of its 144 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 98 of Honduras' 113 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 98 of Tegucigalpa's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
105 of its 168 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Prague accounted for 103 of the Czechia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
653 of its 1,333 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 540 of Israel's 653 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (298 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 106 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Zagreb accounted for 72 of Croatia's 74 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories).
402 of its 648 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 95 of Alberto Fujimori's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (288 stories). Landslides were named in 129 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
40 of its 50 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 11 of Banjul's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).
405 of its 643 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
50 of its 77 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 19 of Khartoum's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories).
666 of its 1,596 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (258 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
121 of its 351 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Extreme cold was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Peru (129 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (130 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Lebanon (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Zimbabwe (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Canada (100 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 30,549 stories about harm among 123,293 counted on 20 Jan.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. On 20 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 25 today. Honduras' news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 61%. of the day's 123,293 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23.
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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