We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
136 of its 182 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Conakry accounted for 126 of Guinea's 136 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
569 of its 855 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (332 stories). Extreme cold was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
107 of its 140 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 85 of Honduras' 107 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 82 of Tegucigalpa's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (94 stories).
143 of its 259 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kanifing accounted for 125 of the Gambia's 143 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
100 of its 173 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 42 of Tunis' 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,115 of its 2,581 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Overdoses were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
145 of its 154 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Bab al-Mandab accounted for 138 of Djibouti's 145 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (136 stories).
135 of its 175 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bratislava accounted for 131 of Slovakia's 135 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 217 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
116 of its 247 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Chile (121 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Oman (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mauritius (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Armenia (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); dengue in Brazil (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 58,832 stories about harm among 296,405 counted on 1 Feb.
Chile's news mentioned wildfires about three times as often as usual. Guinea's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. On 2 February 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 296,405 stories, below the usual 21. Over January, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in January 2016.
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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