We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 98 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Dakar accounted for 55 of Senegal's 55 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (51 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
138 of its 166 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Yangon accounted for 120 of Myanmar's 138 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
517 of its 1,547 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (184 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 85 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Ebola was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
119 of its 240 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kampala accounted for 87 of Uganda's 119 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (84 stories).
141 of its 399 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Brussels accounted for 128 of Belgium's 141 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
64 of its 94 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
77 of its 98 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tripoli accounted for 39 of Libya's 77 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 296 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
158 of its 337 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 38 of Dhaka's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Mexico (120 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Greenland (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Italy (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Tanzania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 35,716 stories about harm among 197,104 counted on 1 Feb.
Senegal's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 197,104 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and North Macedonia. In Rwanda's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 7 times their usual. Over January, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in January 2018.
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 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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