We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
119 of its 274 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Petropolis accounted for 93 of Brazil's 119 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and avalanche. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 86 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mogadishu accounted for 51 of Somalia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 63 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 24 of Honduras' 33 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 16 of Tegucigalpa's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).
123 of its 386 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Seoul accounted for 72 of South Korea's 123 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hepatitis.
19 of its 23 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
137 of its 502 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (62 stories). Hypothermia was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Tigray accounted for 24 of Ethiopia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
9 of its 14 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Guatemala (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (51 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Türkiye (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in Spain (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Germany (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 20,693 stories about harm among 88,654 counted on 16 Feb.
In Brazil's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 88,654 stories, below the usual 24. A year earlier, on 16 February 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. In Brazil, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual.
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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