We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
136 of its 269 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 62 of Cucuta's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Avalanche was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
274 of its 405 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 177 of Afghanistan's 274 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Train derailment was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
128 of its 636 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Diphtheria was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
15 of its 38 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
1,019 of its 1,463 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 167 of Caracas' 228 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (779 stories). Avalanche was named in 244 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
421 of its 747 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Dhaka accounted for 315 of Bangladesh's 421 stories about harm, carried by 363 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
200 of its 281 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 130 of Iraq's 200 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories).
80 of its 210 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
137 of its 161 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Hiran accounted for 63 of Somalia's 137 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
111 of its 285 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Venezuela (244 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Brazil (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Botswana (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Palestine (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 36,034 stories about harm among 185,651 counted on 25 Feb.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 185,651 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Colombia for the second day running. Mentions of the avalanche ran about three times their usual in Colombia's news. On 25 February 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 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 much softer 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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