We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
686 of its 1,166 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Jeju accounted for 369 of South Korea's 686 stories about harm, carried by 558 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (618 stories). Plane crash was named in 346 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 209 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Buenos Aires accounted for 66 of Argentina's 78 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
215 of its 560 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Accidents were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
83 of its 195 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 32 of Nairobi's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories).
90 of its 249 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bangkok accounted for 72 of Thailand's 90 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 165 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 79 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
90 of its 137 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 83 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
49 of its 168 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
104 of its 437 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Fiji (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Brazil (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Singapore (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Australia (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 14,272 stories about harm among 67,656 counted on 30 Dec.
South Korea stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to South Korea. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 67,656 stories, above the usual 18.
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 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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