We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
160 of its 192 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Khartoum accounted for 89 of Sudan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. 81 of Khartoum's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
638 of its 907 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nakhon Si Thammarat accounted for 457 of Thailand's 638 stories about harm, carried by 559 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Tropical storm was named in 560 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with typhoon, storm surge and heavy rain.
173 of its 325 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Uppsala accounted for 148 of Sweden's 173 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Ebola was named in 149 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever.
69 of its 86 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Arakan accounted for 66 of Myanmar's 69 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). HIV was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
67 of its 69 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ouagadougou accounted for 55 of Burkina Faso's 67 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
437 of its 1,047 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Milan accounted for 353 of Italy's 437 stories about harm, carried by 366 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (362 stories).
40 of its 99 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Extreme cold was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
201 of its 232 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 72 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 6 of Manama's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Fiji (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Papua New Guinea (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Jamaica (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Malta (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 30,248 stories about harm among 162,074 counted on 4 Jan.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 162,074 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 4 January 2018, 23 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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