We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
770 of its 1,315 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Athens accounted for 529 of Greece's 770 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. 287 of Athens' 529 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (222 stories).
270 of its 452 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kampala accounted for 193 of Uganda's 270 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
724 of its 814 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Dengue was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
171 of its 304 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Kuwait City accounted for 156 of Kuwait's 171 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (149 stories).
106 of its 215 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 14 of Addis Ababa's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
569 of its 2,981 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 228 of Barcelona's 315 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
230 of its 487 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Chikungunya was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with dengue.
462 of its 1,373 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (144 stories). Accidents were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
77 of its 115 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Drought was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
418 of its 1,611 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Extreme cold was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Mozambique (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in Rwanda (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Peru (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Sierra Leone (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Cuba (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 53,015 stories about harm among 258,960 counted on 23 Feb.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 258,960 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Fiji and Greece. Mentions of the drought ran about 4 times their usual in Mozambique's news. In Greece, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% 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 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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