We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
91 of its 156 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Rabat accounted for 82 of Morocco's 91 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 82 of Rabat's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
393 of its 721 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cairo accounted for 214 of Egypt's 393 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 88 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Zagreb accounted for 37 of Croatia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
153 of its 552 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Snowstorms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
96 of its 119 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 24 of Juba's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Drownings were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
2,135 of its 8,395 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Plane crash was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
192 of its 600 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
72 of its 148 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
545 of its 650 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (222 stories). House fires were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
378 of its 684 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (98 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Guam (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Germany (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Peru (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Solomon Islands (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in South Sudan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 38,484 stories about harm among 206,077 counted on 20 Feb.
In Morocco, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 206,077 stories, as usual. Mentions of tropical storm ran more than ten times their usual in Guam's news. On 20 February 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, 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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