We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
76 of its 96 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Moshi accounted for 56 of Tanzania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
2,598 of its 3,440 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Wuhan accounted for 1,572 of China's 2,598 stories about harm, carried by 1,589 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (328 stories). HIV was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with bird flu and drownings.
104 of its 134 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Idlib accounted for 72 of Syria's 104 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 109 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
45 of its 79 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Taipei accounted for 32 of Taiwan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
62 of its 175 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
944 of its 4,111 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 68 of Iraq's 101 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 52 of Baghdad's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of Beirut's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Dominican Republic (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Kenya (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Somalia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Thailand (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 12,707 stories about harm among 55,777 counted on 2 Feb.
Tanzania's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 55,777 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about China and India. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In the Dominican Republic's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual. This week the news turned most often to China, on 7 of 7 days; help rose on 7 of them.
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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