We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,290 of its 2,833 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 1,171 of France's 1,290 stories about harm, carried by 963 outlets. 1,063 of Paris' 1,171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (873 stories). Drought was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
82 of its 194 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Santiago accounted for 70 of Chile's 82 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
498 of its 548 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Sanaa accounted for 320 of Yemen's 498 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 102 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).
59 of its 67 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
83 of its 101 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Bentiu accounted for 73 of South Sudan's 83 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
272 of its 660 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cairo accounted for 234 of Egypt's 272 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. 162 of Cairo's 234 stories were about protests or strikes. Road crashes were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis.
65 of Riyadh's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Flu was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption and wildfires. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
135 of its 353 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 18 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Poland (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Papua New Guinea (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Algeria (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Ghana (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hurricane in Iraq (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Dec. 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 31,436 stories about harm among 179,757 counted on 3 Dec.
It was the third day running that the news turned to France. In Poland's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 179,757 stories, below the usual 20. France's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%.
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 much 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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