We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
408 of its 686 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Sheung Wan accounted for 237 of Hong Kong's 408 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (283 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
431 of its 799 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Warsaw accounted for 391 of Poland's 431 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (188 stories). Road crashes were named in 286 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Tehran accounted for 453 of Iran's 548 stories about harm, carried by 374 outlets. 381 of Tehran's 453 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (268 stories). Drownings were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
88 of its 95 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Srebrenica accounted for 82 of Bosnia's 88 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about 9 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
451 of its 886 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Landslides were named in 326 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 101 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tirana accounted for 52 of Albania's 60 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Gas explosion was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
379 of its 778 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Ramallah accounted for 315 of Palestine's 379 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (245 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
191 of its 281 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Tornadoes were named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
329 of its 489 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (262 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 67 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (326 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (69 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Somalia (80 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in Cyprus (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Venezuela (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 58,748 stories about harm among 277,310 counted on 10 Feb.
Hong Kong stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 9%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 277,310 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 11 February 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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