We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,139 of its 2,286 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Paris accounted for 1,057 of France's 1,139 stories about harm, carried by 941 outlets. 1,021 of Paris' 1,057 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (841 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
69 of its 94 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Khartoum accounted for 42 of Sudan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 104 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Stockholm accounted for 53 of Sweden's 69 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 38 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
193 of its 197 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bentiu accounted for 160 of South Sudan's 193 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
176 of its 438 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 97 of Kuala Lumpur's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
533 of its 871 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Nablus accounted for 330 of Palestine's 533 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (168 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
625 of its 2,332 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 246 of Vancouver's 289 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (106 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
107 of its 197 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lima accounted for 104 of Peru's 107 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Plague was named in 92 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
15 of its 17 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 4 of Bafilo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: plague in Peru (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 17,930 stories about harm among 93,027 counted on 9 Dec.
Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. of the day's 93,027 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to France for the second day running. A year earlier, on 9 December 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In France, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. This week the news turned most often to France, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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