We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
192 of its 378 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Cairo accounted for 132 of Egypt's 192 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. 92 of Cairo's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 143 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Khojaly accounted for 78 of Azerbaijan's 85 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
146 of its 317 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jakarta accounted for 87 of Indonesia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and heavy rain.
730 of its 1,388 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (358 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
2,108 of its 6,035 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Delhi accounted for 1,366 of India's 2,108 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. 791 of Delhi's 1,366 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (763 stories).
378 of its 595 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 185 of Iran's 378 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
333 of its 846 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tuberculosis was named in 11 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.
400 of its 724 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (163 stories).
26 of its 49 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
92 of its 258 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Malaysia (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Germany (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Israel (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 27,573 stories about harm among 122,582 counted on 26 Feb.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 122,582 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. the news turned to Egypt for the second day running. Egypt's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On 26 February 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 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 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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