We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
89 of its 180 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Abaco accounted for 72 of the Bahamas' 89 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Drownings were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.
330 of its 370 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 241 of Somalia's 330 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (217 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
124 of its 718 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 49 of Abu Dhabi's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 55 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dakar accounted for 35 of Senegal's 36 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Ebola was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.
259 of its 512 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Baghdad accounted for 175 of Iraq's 259 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 54 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Ndjamena accounted for 29 of Chad's 36 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 120 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Havana accounted for 53 of Cuba's 63 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
96 of its 538 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Accidents were named in 80 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (140 stories). Avalanche was named in 130 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Train derailment was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with house fires. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: accidents in Hungary (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Italy (130 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Nepal (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 33,304 stories about harm among 170,609 counted on 4 Feb.
The Bahamas' news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 170,609 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Italy's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to the Bahamas. A year earlier, on 4 February 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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