We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,028 of its 1,161 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Minas Gerais accounted for 649 of Brazil's 1,028 stories about harm, carried by 798 outlets. 351 of Minas Gerais' 649 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (954 stories). Accidents were named in 615 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
105 of its 115 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Juba accounted for 101 of South Sudan's 105 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (100 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.
930 of its 1,499 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ramallah accounted for 581 of Palestine's 930 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (482 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
241 of its 597 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Plane crash was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.
136 of its 253 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 23 of Istanbul's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
245 of its 645 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 92 of Tijuana's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (131 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
180 of its 331 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Riyadh accounted for 153 of Saudi Arabia's 180 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
408 of its 1,154 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (286 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
16 of its 38 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Snowstorms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold.
20 of Dohuk's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Israel (95 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Romania (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Algeria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 22,694 stories about harm among 111,226 counted on 26 Jan.
Brazil's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 111,226 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Israel's news mentioned outbreaks about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 26 January 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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