We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
205 of its 279 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Velka Maca accounted for 197 of Slovakia's 205 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (178 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
554 of its 708 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Porgera accounted for 323 of Papua New Guinea's 554 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (364 stories). Tsunami was named in 380 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides.
152 of its 239 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Khojaly accounted for 140 of Azerbaijan's 152 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 115 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 39 of Kiziba's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
352 of its 1,213 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Drownings were named in 285 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,662 of its 2,074 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Ghouta accounted for 1,349 of Syria's 1,662 stories about harm, carried by 915 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
152 of its 181 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
102 of its 137 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Poisoning was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
708 of its 1,105 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Ramallah accounted for 530 of Palestine's 708 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (372 stories).
72 of its 260 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in United Arab Emirates (285 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Mozambique (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Italy (163 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Norway (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Netherlands (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 43,541 stories about harm among 193,650 counted on 26 Feb.
Slovakia stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 193,650 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. In the United Arab Emirates' news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 26 February 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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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