We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
67 of its 79 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 46 of Haiti's 67 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Cholera was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 87 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Maputo accounted for 48 of Mozambique's 64 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 38 of Maputo's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 30 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Paramaribo accounted for 21 of Suriname's 27 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
172 of its 372 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Power cuts were named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
221 of its 378 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Aktau accounted for 209 of Kazakhstan's 221 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories).
84 of its 110 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 44 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
57 of its 122 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with volcanic eruption.
199 of its 475 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories). Oil spill was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
57 of its 186 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Australia (43 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Fiji (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Thailand (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 8,358 stories about harm among 44,975 counted on 25 Dec.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 44,975 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Haiti for the second day running. Mentions of power cuts ran about 5 times their usual in Ukraine's news. In Haiti, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 55% is usual.
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 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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