We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
105 of its 167 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Pyongyang accounted for 67 of North Korea's 105 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
509 of its 940 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (205 stories). Avalanche was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
80 of its 181 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
37 of its 134 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
160 of its 280 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Buenos Aires accounted for 149 of Argentina's 160 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
309 of its 598 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (190 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
635 of its 1,923 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Rubella was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
108 of its 325 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
996 of its 1,781 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 868 of Palestine's 996 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (466 stories).
426 of its 1,362 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 174 of Tijuana's 291 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (160 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); snowstorms in Chile (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Italy (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Denmark (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 35,582 stories about harm among 189,228 counted on 11 Dec.
North Korea stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 14%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 189,228 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to North Korea. A year earlier, on 11 December 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
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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