We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
182 of its 191 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Obock accounted for 102 of Djibouti's 182 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Drownings were named in 75 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hunger.
76 of its 99 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Vilnius accounted for 73 of Lithuania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
233 of its 796 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 158 of Seoul's 197 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 170 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
551 of its 903 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Brumadinho accounted for 321 of Brazil's 551 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (174 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
154 of its 244 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 5 of the Congo River's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
464 of its 1,068 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (286 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
89 of its 167 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
32 of its 83 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 20 of Sidi Omar's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (89 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Romania (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); poisoning in Spain (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Mexico (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in US (1141 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 40,935 stories about harm among 204,333 counted on 30 Jan.
In Djibouti, 95% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 204,333 stories, above the usual 19. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 4 times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 30 January 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 much 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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