We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
38 of its 49 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 11 of Khartoum's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
197 of its 373 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Seoul accounted for 107 of South Korea's 197 stories about harm, carried by 570 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (104 stories). Road crashes were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
45 of its 68 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Juba accounted for 29 of South Sudan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
59 of its 125 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides.
250 of its 388 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 181 of Iran's 250 stories about harm, carried by 407 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 49 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 18 of Almaty's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories).
35 of its 109 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 11 of Novi Sanzhary's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories).
186 of its 295 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 115 of Afghanistan's 186 stories about harm, carried by 371 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Wuhan accounted for 484 of China's 1,273 stories about harm, carried by 512 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Italy (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in Australia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); overdoses in India (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in China (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 13,811 stories about harm among 66,098 counted on 22 Feb.
Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 66,098 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 February 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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 harsher 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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