We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
190 of its 243 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Khartoum accounted for 164 of Sudan's 190 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 158 of Khartoum's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
446 of its 607 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cairo accounted for 379 of Egypt's 446 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (315 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
46 of its 53 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gorazde accounted for 40 of Bosnia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
104 of its 127 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (25 stories). Road crashes were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
722 of its 1,525 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Heavy rain was named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 50 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
520 of its 680 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. the Sunda Strait accounted for 296 of Indonesia's 520 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (108 stories).
220 of its 510 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 115 of Dhaka's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Flu was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Hypothermia was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold, heatwave and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Rwanda (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); house fires in Mexico (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in France (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Israel (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 28,225 stories about harm among 144,946 counted on 28 Dec.
In Rwanda's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 144,946 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 December 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Sudan, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 67% is usual.
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 harsher 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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