We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
418 of its 478 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mogadishu accounted for 399 of Somalia's 418 stories about harm, carried by 415 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
70 of its 151 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Dollrath accounted for 63 of Austria's 70 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (63 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
44 of its 105 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 22 of Dar es Salaam's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
512 of its 1,328 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Train derailment was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and measles.
220 of its 240 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 131 of Yemen's 220 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,185 of its 2,128 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (71 stories). Tsunami was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,470 of its 1,706 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Ghouta accounted for 1,316 of Syria's 1,470 stories about harm, carried by 1,041 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (732 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
67 of its 84 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sittwe accounted for 47 of Myanmar's 67 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 39 of Sittwe's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories).
86 of its 266 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 15 of Athens' 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories).
797 of its 991 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Kabul accounted for 688 of Afghanistan's 797 stories about harm, carried by 597 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Denmark (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Vietnam (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Germany (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Japan (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 31,976 stories about harm among 134,229 counted on 24 Feb.
Mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual in Denmark's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Somalia for the second day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 134,229 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.
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 much harsher 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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