We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
143 of its 199 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Zagreb accounted for 140 of Croatia's 143 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. 127 of Zagreb's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 6 times its own usual.
321 of its 464 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Santiago accounted for 279 of Chile's 321 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (250 stories). Heavy rain was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
97 of its 107 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Bambari accounted for 82 of the Central African Republic's 97 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
66 of its 105 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
192 of its 318 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bogota accounted for 162 of Colombia's 192 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 148 of Bogota's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
463 of its 532 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 375 of Somalia's 463 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Cholera was named in 132 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
286 of its 570 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
105 of its 219 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
66 of its 83 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Niamey accounted for 55 of Niger's 66 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories).
478 of its 801 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Somalia (132 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Lithuania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Zambia (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); natural hazards in Nepal (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 52,734 stories about harm among 253,380 counted on 27 Feb.
In Croatia, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 253,380 stories, below the usual 22. Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Chile's news. A year earlier, on 28 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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