We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
172 of its 211 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bishkek accounted for 152 of Kyrgyzstan's 172 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. 147 of Bishkek's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
221 of its 338 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Pyongyang accounted for 195 of North Korea's 221 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (186 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,217 of its 1,802 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 1,079 of Malaysia's 1,217 stories about harm, carried by 841 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (905 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,774 of its 6,706 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (235 stories). Drownings were named in 104 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
639 of its 1,732 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 438 of Moscow's 503 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (214 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
834 of its 1,028 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. 227 of Damascus' 404 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (371 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
102 of its 114 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Minsk accounted for 100 of Belarus' 102 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 99 of Minsk's 100 stories were about protests or strikes.
88 of its 110 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
542 of its 814 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 352 of Stockholm's 365 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories).
630 of its 846 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (426 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Latvia (87 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sudan (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Chile (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Jordan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Iraq (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 33,403 stories about harm among 141,228 counted on 26 Feb.
Kyrgyzstan's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 141,228 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Latvia's news mentioned snowstorms more than ten times as often as usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. A year earlier, on 27 February 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Libya, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 much harsher 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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