We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 100 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Sumatra accounted for 27 of Indonesia's 68 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with landslides and tsunami. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,700 of its 4,200 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kyiv accounted for 1,139 of Ukraine's 1,700 stories about harm, carried by 1,084 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Train derailment was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 46 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bucharest accounted for 27 of Romania's 32 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
46 of its 70 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Fanling accounted for 16 of Hong Kong's 46 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
69 of its 88 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Khojaly accounted for 63 of Azerbaijan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 16 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
40 of its 107 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Flooding was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and storms.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Polio was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (55 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); polio in India (13 of its stories, more than ten 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 11,213 stories about harm among 48,274 counted on 26 Feb.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. 23 in every 100 of the day's 48,274 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. the news turned to Indonesia for the second day running. Indonesia's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%.
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 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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