We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
127 of its 144 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Tsunami was named in 79 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts and landslides. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
105 of its 172 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tripoli accounted for 78 of Libya's 105 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
278 of Delhi's 437 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (296 stories). Landslides were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
53 of its 72 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Ayia Napa accounted for 44 of Cyprus' 53 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
269 of its 464 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,788 of its 3,651 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (147 stories). Cyclone was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
77 of its 154 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 42 of Uganda's 77 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories).
139 of its 288 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jakarta accounted for 106 of Indonesia's 139 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
30 of its 64 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Baghdad accounted for 428 of Iraq's 503 stories about harm, carried by 723 outlets. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in China (125 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); building collapse in Cambodia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Ireland (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 20,071 stories about harm among 101,001 counted on 6 Jan.
Puerto Rico's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. of the day's 101,001 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the tsunami about 6 times as often as usual. On 6 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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 harsher 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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