We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
131 of its 156 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Darfur accounted for 71 of Sudan's 131 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. 58 of Darfur's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
276 of its 507 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. White Island accounted for 163 of New Zealand's 276 stories about harm, carried by 527 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (204 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,213 of its 4,121 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Snowstorms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
28 of its 72 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 69 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 9 of Santiago's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
244 of its 663 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 52 of Lahore's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 100 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 22 of Beirut's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
136 of its 208 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 54 of Afghanistan's 136 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
119 of its 402 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 45 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in France (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Australia (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in UK (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 11,500 stories about harm among 63,308 counted on 14 Dec.
In France's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 63,308 stories, as usual. Sudan's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 54%. A year earlier, on 14 December 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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