We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
114 of its 200 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 89 of Lebanon's 114 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. 86 of Beirut's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
40 of its 92 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Baku accounted for 38 of Azerbaijan's 40 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
878 of its 2,779 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (455 stories). Earthquake was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
22 of its 36 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Pedro Juan Caballero accounted for 22 of Paraguay's 22 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
Baghdad accounted for 115 of Iraq's 155 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. 98 of Baghdad's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
71 of its 84 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Marib accounted for 38 of Yemen's 71 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
73 of its 145 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 52 of Kashmir's 73 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 20 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
66 of its 145 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Avalanche was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with snowstorms.
20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Australia (134 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Russia (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Ethiopia (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 16,955 stories about harm among 93,390 counted on 20 Jan.
The news turned to Lebanon for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 93,390 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Nepal's news, mentions of the avalanche ran about 6 times their usual. On 20 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Lebanon's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.
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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