We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
224 of its 723 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 202 of Denmark's 224 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (136 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
127 of its 208 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Oruro accounted for 83 of Bolivia's 127 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 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.
100 of its 143 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tongatapu accounted for 60 of Tonga's 100 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
543 of its 858 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Baghdad accounted for 278 of Iraq's 543 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (247 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
118 of its 339 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Building collapse was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 188 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 20 of Manama's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
97 of its 168 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 15 of Oromo's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
172 of its 457 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
276 of its 761 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
25 of its 73 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (61 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Romania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Sri Lanka (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Trinidad & Tobago (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 42,682 stories about harm among 220,150 counted on 14 Feb.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 220,150 stories, below the usual 21. A year earlier, on 14 February 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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