We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
368 of its 667 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Hebron accounted for 340 of Palestine's 368 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 220 of Hebron's 340 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
139 of its 196 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bogota accounted for 97 of Colombia's 139 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
283 of its 359 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Santiago accounted for 241 of Chile's 283 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Wildfires were named in 257 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake.
28 of its 63 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
300 of its 552 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jakarta accounted for 194 of Indonesia's 300 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 129 of Jakarta's 194 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
954 of its 2,320 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Drought was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
352 of its 458 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
140 of its 250 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
218 of its 555 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 116 of Dadaab's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories).
946 of its 2,835 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Somalia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Oman (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Türkiye (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in United Arab Emirates (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 37,602 stories about harm among 162,156 counted on 4 Feb.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 23 in every 100 of the day's 162,156 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Chile's news mentioned wildfires about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 5 February 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 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 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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