We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
677 of its 804 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mong Kok accounted for 620 of Hong Kong's 677 stories about harm, carried by 668 outlets. 609 of Mong Kok's 620 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (488 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
2,040 of its 2,366 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 1,118 of Syria's 2,040 stories about harm, carried by 641 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (586 stories). Poisoning was named in 152 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,659 of its 3,070 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,332 stories). Train derailment was named in 776 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
61 of its 78 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
99 of its 113 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Srebrenica accounted for 95 of Bosnia's 99 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about 7 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
88 of its 123 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Mogadishu accounted for 137 of Somalia's 209 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Hunger was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
134 of its 352 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
520 of its 2,208 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (166 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
111 of its 465 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Plane crash was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Vietnam (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Papua New Guinea (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in India (437 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Haiti (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Feb. 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 48,187 stories about harm among 244,114 counted on 9 Feb.
In Hong Kong, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 244,114 stories, below the usual 21. Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Germany's news.
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 about as 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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