We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
302 of its 586 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Valletta accounted for 278 of Malta's 302 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories). Landslides were named in 122 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
616 of its 939 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Extreme cold was named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
432 of its 1,117 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bucharest accounted for 390 of Romania's 432 stories about harm, carried by 284 outlets. 374 of Bucharest's 390 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (252 stories).
120 of its 226 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Addis Ababa accounted for 89 of Ethiopia's 120 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (81 stories).
101 of its 205 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
351 of its 731 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Harare accounted for 268 of Zimbabwe's 351 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 220 of Harare's 268 stories were about protests or strikes.
113 of its 241 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
358 of its 870 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Malaria was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
459 of its 931 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ramallah accounted for 306 of Palestine's 459 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories).
37 of its 66 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (57 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Cambodia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Armenia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Thailand (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 63,602 stories about harm among 295,204 counted on 2 Feb.
Malta's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. of the day's 295,204 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Malta's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia.
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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