We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
239 of its 390 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 149 of Iran's 239 stories about harm, carried by 359 outlets. 126 of Tehran's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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.
84 of its 90 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Apia accounted for 25 of Samoa's 84 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
75 of its 108 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 61 of Sudan's 75 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories).
30 of its 62 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tunis accounted for 20 of Tunisia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 5 of Agua Zarca's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
35 of its 138 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
125 of Beijing's 195 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 56 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 4 of Lusaka's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (151 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Rwanda (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Zimbabwe (21 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Dec. 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 20,287 stories about harm among 119,866 counted on 3 Dec.
Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 119,866 stories, as usual. On 3 December 2018, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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?
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.
Create a free accountSign in · a username, an email and a password.