We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
363 of its 616 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cairo accounted for 261 of Egypt's 363 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (156 stories). Illness was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 61 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Ulaanbaatar accounted for 47 of Mongolia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning.
193 of its 347 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 146 of Haiti's 193 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. 89 of Port-au-Prince's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories).
50 of its 94 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Zagreb accounted for 46 of Croatia's 50 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
1,039 of its 1,799 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Islamabad accounted for 515 of Pakistan's 1,039 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 38 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 21 of Guatemala City's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
2,258 of its 8,189 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,210 stories). Plane crash was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
194 of its 521 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Avalanche was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
30 of its 46 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 25 of Tegucigalpa's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories).
419 of its 567 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Pulwama accounted for 260 of Kashmir's 419 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Switzerland (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Venezuela (137 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Philippines (74 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Syria (125 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 36,971 stories about harm among 192,142 counted on 19 Feb.
Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Mongolia's news. of the day's 192,142 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Egypt stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. A year earlier, on 19 February 2018, 22 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 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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