We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
46 of its 57 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Potosi accounted for 31 of Bolivia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
161 of its 277 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 115 of Haiti's 161 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 89 of Port-au-Prince's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
633 of its 826 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Pulwama accounted for 373 of Kashmir's 633 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
235 of its 600 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Warsaw accounted for 211 of Poland's 235 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
2,266 of its 7,259 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Gas explosion was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tornadoes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
756 of its 901 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. 142 of Idlib's 215 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,057 of its 1,938 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (653 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
116 of its 342 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Brussels accounted for 110 of Belgium's 116 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories).
37 of its 136 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
64 of Islas Marias' 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Hurricane was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Philippines (94 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in North Korea (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Maldives (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chickenpox in Ghana (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Switzerland (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 29,614 stories about harm among 154,626 counted on 18 Feb.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 154,626 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Bolivia, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. the Philippines' news mentioned measles about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 18 February 2018, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 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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