We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
311 of its 515 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (90 stories). Landslides were named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
299 of its 496 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Hualien accounted for 279 of Taiwan's 299 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (209 stories). Natural hazards were named in 85 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
163 of its 276 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 27 of Bogota's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
24 of its 40 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
219 of its 640 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (99 stories). Road crashes were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
184 of its 221 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Tripoli accounted for 69 of Libya's 184 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
208 of its 246 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Shabwa accounted for 91 of Yemen's 208 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 10 of Montevideo's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
17 of its 32 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 10 of Quetzaltenango's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
273 of its 479 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 76 of Dhaka's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (132 stories).
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Peru (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Samoa (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Mozambique (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in France (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ghana (41 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 38,663 stories about harm among 204,682 counted on 9 Feb.
Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. In Egypt, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 204,682 stories, below the usual 21. On 9 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 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 softer 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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