We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
273 of its 544 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Caracas accounted for 202 of Venezuela's 273 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 120 of Caracas' 202 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (146 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
383 of its 435 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Lahj accounted for 237 of Yemen's 383 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
47 of its 71 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Libreville accounted for 44 of Gabon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
171 of its 355 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Norovirus was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
163 of its 196 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Omdurman accounted for 147 of Sudan's 163 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 141 of Omdurman's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
131 of its 250 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 293 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
81 of its 200 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
62 of its 285 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
556 of its 958 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ramallah accounted for 379 of Palestine's 556 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Storms were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Russia (55 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); meningitis in Ireland (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Germany (57 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Australia (102 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 32,252 stories about harm among 186,531 counted on 10 Jan.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 7 November 2018. 17 in every 100 of the day's 186,531 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Jamaica's news, mentions of norovirus ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Ireland. It was the second day running that the news turned to Venezuela.
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 softer 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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