We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
39 of its 71 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kivu accounted for 21 of Rwanda's 39 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
97 of its 154 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Colombo accounted for 33 of Sri Lanka's 97 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
9 of its 16 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
14 of its 44 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 19 of Lebanon's 30 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
21 of its 46 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 102 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 278 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.
51 of its 99 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: rabies in Morocco (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Greece (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hepatitis in US (182 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 13,357 stories about harm among 83,327 counted on 5 Dec.
Mentions of rabies ran more than ten times their usual in Morocco's news. of the day's 83,327 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Rwanda. In Rwanda, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% 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 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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