We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
105 of its 174 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Zagreb accounted for 90 of Croatia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. 82 of Zagreb's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
198 of its 227 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tongatapu accounted for 113 of Tonga's 198 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Typhoon was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
179 of its 424 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (165 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
306 of its 453 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 247 of Kashmir's 306 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
113 of its 154 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Yangon accounted for 89 of Myanmar's 113 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 73 of Yangon's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
54 of its 234 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Ebola was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
63 of its 90 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,171 of its 3,159 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (984 stories). Plane crash was named in 412 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
149 of its 214 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Siem Reap accounted for 125 of Cambodia's 149 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (127 stories).
132 of its 223 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tirana accounted for 115 of Albania's 132 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Liberia (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Russia (412 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Northern Mariana Islands (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 41,574 stories about harm among 194,391 counted on 12 Feb.
Croatia's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. of the day's 194,391 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Liberia's news mentioned Ebola about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 12 February 2017, 22 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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