We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
76 of its 159 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Cotai accounted for 74 of Macao's 76 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Typhoon was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
59 of its 87 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Apia accounted for 45 of Samoa's 59 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Storm surge was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
231 of its 301 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 181 of Kashmir's 231 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
273 of its 551 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Stockholm accounted for 180 of Sweden's 273 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
570 of its 1,003 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Cairo accounted for 457 of Egypt's 570 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
47 of its 147 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 20 of Monrovia's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
93 of its 183 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 25 of Oromo's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Drought was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
934 of its 1,720 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Tsunami was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
177 of its 278 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Hurricane was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm.
174 of its 220 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Accidents were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Antarctica (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Switzerland (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (39 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Armenia (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 43,674 stories about harm among 214,291 counted on 13 Feb.
In Macao, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 8% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 214,291 stories, as usual. Mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual in Macao's news. On 13 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 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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