We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
337 of its 399 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Porgera accounted for 175 of Papua New Guinea's 337 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Landslides were named in 223 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.
91 of its 198 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Prague accounted for 89 of the Czechia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
108 of its 196 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bratislava accounted for 105 of Slovakia's 108 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 112 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of Mulanje's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
85 of its 126 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ouagadougou accounted for 82 of Burkina Faso's 85 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 79 of Ouagadougou's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories).
65 of its 106 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 33 of Kiziba's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
331 of its 1,574 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. 207 of Seoul's 288 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 28 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 13 of Mongomo's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
73 of its 212 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
100 of its 163 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in North Korea (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Botswana (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (75 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Germany (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Mozambique (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 42,729 stories about harm among 196,193 counted on 27 Feb.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Papua New Guinea. of the day's 196,193 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned landslides about 4 times as often as usual. Papua New Guinea's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%. A year earlier, on 27 February 2017, 21 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 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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