We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
71 of its 102 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (59 stories). Hepatitis was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
174 of its 396 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Havana accounted for 156 of Cuba's 174 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (153 stories). Ebola was named in 149 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
168 of its 312 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Budapest accounted for 142 of Hungary's 168 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
80 of its 93 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. San Salvador accounted for 70 of el Salvador's 80 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (75 stories).
1,327 of its 1,647 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (422 stories). Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
403 of its 939 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Malaria was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
549 of its 1,222 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (242 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
989 of its 2,926 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (219 stories). Drownings were named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
81 of its 158 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Cholera was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
102 of its 299 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hurricane was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (58 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Japan (208 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Puerto Rico (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Mexico (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Sweden (98 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 64,753 stories about harm among 298,928 counted on 9 Feb.
In Chad, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 298,928 stories, as usual. Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Cuba's news. A year earlier, on 10 February 2016, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.
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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