We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,009 of its 1,632 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Moscow accounted for 861 of Russia's 1,009 stories about harm, carried by 832 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (543 stories). Building collapse was named in 239 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hypothermia, house fires and gas explosion.
402 of its 833 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 93 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
504 of its 1,001 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Tokyo accounted for 466 of Japan's 504 stories about harm, carried by 492 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (448 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
97 of its 179 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Lima accounted for 93 of Peru's 97 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 92 of Lima's 93 stories were about protests or strikes.
301 of its 377 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Heavy rain was named in 135 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 183 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 27 of Hanoi's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories).
1,301 of its 4,531 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (295 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
95 of its 113 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Khartoum accounted for 51 of Sudan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 50 of Khartoum's 51 stories were about protests or strikes.
208 of its 474 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.
406 of its 1,190 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Indonesia (135 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (55 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in France (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 19,544 stories about harm among 99,213 counted on 1 Jan.
Russia stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 99,213 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual. On 1 January 2018, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. Over December, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in December 2017.
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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