We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
59 of its 89 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Conakry accounted for 51 of Guinea's 59 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 43 of Conakry's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,424 of its 1,680 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hualien accounted for 1,291 of Taiwan's 1,424 stories about harm, carried by 1,070 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (800 stories). Building collapse was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts.
28 of its 34 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
60 of its 146 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
814 of its 1,311 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 202 of Nablus' 384 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (356 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 160 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 24 of Sofia's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Storms were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
455 of its 528 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (377 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
73 of its 207 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
124 of its 310 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Samira accounted for 117 of Cuba's 124 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories).
91 of its 321 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Bulgaria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Philippines (103 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in Madagascar (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); snowstorms in France (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); norovirus in South Korea (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 43,851 stories about harm among 228,089 counted on 7 Feb.
In Bulgaria's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Guinea stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 228,089 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 7 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 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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