We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
129 of its 142 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Ouagadougou accounted for 122 of Burkina Faso's 129 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
288 of its 571 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (149 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
57 of its 71 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Nueva Helvecia accounted for 33 of Uruguay's 57 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets.
527 of its 717 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 193 of Afghanistan's 527 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 106 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
75 of its 91 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Mogadishu accounted for 42 of Somalia's 75 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
121 of its 153 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 101 of Sudan's 121 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Dust storm was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
106 of its 200 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Extreme cold was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and storms.
20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Nepal (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in Western Sahara (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Brazil (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Italy (32 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); extreme cold in Afghanistan (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 38,112 stories about harm among 197,249 counted on 5 Feb.
In Indonesia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 197,249 stories, as usual. Burkina Faso's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 71%. A year earlier, on 5 February 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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