We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
122 of its 217 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Skopje accounted for 79 of North Macedonia's 122 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 71 of Skopje's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories).
29 of its 44 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Oranjestad accounted for 29 of Aruba's 29 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
127 of its 377 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
140 of its 289 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with earthquake.
269 of Delhi's 518 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). West Nile virus was named in 48 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.
872 of its 1,033 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 823 of Somalia's 872 stories about harm, carried by 727 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
743 of its 1,384 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (216 stories). Drought was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
153 of its 170 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Sanaa accounted for 105 of Yemen's 153 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
1,013 of its 1,924 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
97 of its 312 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Poland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Kashmir (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Brazil (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); norovirus in Mexico (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 50,078 stories about harm among 259,457 counted on 3 Feb.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about three times the usual rate. Poland's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. North Macedonia's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 259,457 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.
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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