We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
454 of its 813 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 187 of Cairo's 359 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Road crashes were named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
338 of its 381 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kidal accounted for 280 of Mali's 338 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (234 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
97 of its 127 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Dakar accounted for 92 of Senegal's 97 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
263 of its 476 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
791 of its 1,688 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 368 of Topo Chico's 404 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (459 stories). House fires were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
124 of its 158 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Ashigashiya accounted for 105 of Cameroon's 124 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
252 of Athens' 349 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (188 stories). Snowstorms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
197 of its 272 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Juba accounted for 143 of South Sudan's 197 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
44 of its 60 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 82 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 15 of Manama's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (138 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Colombia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 50,440 stories about harm among 247,537 counted on 12 Feb.
In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 247,537 stories, as usual. Egypt's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%.
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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