We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
103 of its 212 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Afrin accounted for 225 of Syria's 441 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (128 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 60 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
36 of its 122 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Cholera was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
245 of its 664 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
330 of its 781 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
550 of its 882 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
166 of its 452 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Brussels accounted for 162 of Belgium's 166 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
117 of its 344 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in North Macedonia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Niger (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (67 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 44,383 stories about harm among 224,262 counted on 31 Jan.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 224,262 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Bahrain's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. In Namibia's news, mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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