We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
17 of its 18 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 41 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tunis accounted for 17 of Tunisia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).
29 of its 70 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 17 of Iraq's 31 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
182 of its 401 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Cyclone was named in 132 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 72 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.
21 of its 44 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Pyongyang accounted for 14 of North Korea's 21 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets.
8 of its 13 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
57 of its 106 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kabul accounted for 32 of Afghanistan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (132 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Argentina (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in US (478 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in UK (28 of its stories, about 6 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 15,808 stories about harm among 79,750 counted on 16 Feb.
Tajikistan's news was 94% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 79,750 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 16 February 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, 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 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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