We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
373 of its 479 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Korat accounted for 206 of Thailand's 373 stories about harm, carried by 618 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
93 of its 175 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Flu was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 30 of Iraq's 52 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 16 of Baghdad's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
128 of its 465 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
2,134 of its 2,914 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Wuhan accounted for 1,265 of China's 2,134 stories about harm, carried by 1,540 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
155 of its 195 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Idlib accounted for 114 of Syria's 155 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
152 of its 618 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Sanaa accounted for 26 of Yemen's 32 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 71 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Russia (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); respiratory illness in Japan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in India (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 14,512 stories about harm among 66,643 counted on 8 Feb.
Thailand's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. In Australia's news, mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual. On 8 February 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 22 today. 22 in every 100 of the day's 66,643 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.
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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