We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 70 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 44 of Haiti's 51 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
119 of its 215 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Pulwama accounted for 75 of Kashmir's 119 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
46 of its 85 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Pyongyang accounted for 39 of North Korea's 46 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
22 of its 53 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Lusaka's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
40 of its 49 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
98 of its 214 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Illness was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 119 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
47 of its 71 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
158 of its 317 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories).
23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Bangladesh (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Ireland (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Egypt (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (168 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 22,429 stories about harm among 113,073 counted on 14 Feb.
Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Ireland's news. of the day's 113,073 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Haiti stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 14 February 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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