We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
886 of its 1,007 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jammu accounted for 432 of Kashmir's 886 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (729 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
141 of its 170 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Yangon accounted for 125 of Myanmar's 141 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. 64 of Yangon's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 121 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Juba accounted for 59 of South Sudan's 106 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of its 151 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
2,722 of its 7,667 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,761 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with rabies. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
69 of its 193 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 31 of Beirut's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
172 of its 243 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 69 of Port-au-Prince's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
810 of its 1,635 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (527 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
46 of its 73 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 10 of Manus Island's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).
558 of its 970 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Salfit accounted for 346 of Palestine's 558 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories).
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Madagascar (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Bangladesh (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plague in Ireland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Venezuela (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 38,016 stories about harm among 193,297 counted on 15 Feb.
Madagascar's news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 193,297 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. the news turned to Kashmir for the second day running. Kashmir's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%.
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 harsher 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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