We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
300 of its 397 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cucuta accounted for 214 of Colombia's 300 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. 191 of Cucuta's 214 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (264 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
315 of its 432 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 236 of Afghanistan's 315 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Snowstorms were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 103 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. the Parnu River accounted for 72 of Estonia's 78 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Hypothermia was named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
686 of its 1,312 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (284 stories).
824 of its 1,228 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 393 of Caracas' 421 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (570 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
79 of its 90 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Bamako accounted for 70 of Mali's 79 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
79 of its 133 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
237 of its 701 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
444 of its 765 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Dhaka accounted for 378 of Bangladesh's 444 stories about harm, carried by 567 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (208 stories).
24 of its 65 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in France (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chickenpox in Ghana (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Palestine (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in China (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in US (881 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 22,602 stories about harm among 106,772 counted on 24 Feb.
Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 21 in every 100 of the day's 106,772 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and the US. Estonia's news mentioned the hypothermia about 7 times as often as usual. Colombia's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%.
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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