We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
148 of its 269 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Beirut accounted for 124 of Lebanon's 148 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. 116 of Beirut's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (101 stories).
252 of its 782 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (82 stories). Earthquake was named in 129 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami, power cuts and building collapse.
67 of its 155 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
250 of its 751 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,898 of its 5,960 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 708 of Delhi's 884 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (344 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of Tehran's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 44 of Iraq's 73 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. 29 of Baghdad's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
87 of its 142 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 4 of Tigray's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories).
51 of its 78 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Darfur accounted for 22 of Sudan's 51 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 12 of Darfur's 22 stories were about protests or strikes.
145 of its 613 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Italy (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Australia (90 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 17,759 stories about harm among 102,058 counted on 16 Dec.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Lebanon. of the day's 102,058 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Lebanon stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. A year earlier, on 16 December 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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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