We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
318 of its 450 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Istanbul accounted for 275 of Türkiye's 318 stories about harm, carried by 310 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (237 stories). Building collapse was named in 166 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
210 of its 242 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tunis accounted for 187 of Tunisia's 210 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
125 of its 228 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Addis Ababa accounted for 86 of Ethiopia's 125 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
463 of its 859 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 138 of Jerusalem's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 48 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ndjamena accounted for 25 of Chad's 32 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
35 of its 166 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 18 of Seoul's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
277 of its 341 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
122 of its 533 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,308 of its 5,393 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (187 stories). Road crashes were named in 158 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, house fires and heavy rain.
20 of its 33 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Palestine (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Philippines (46 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); norovirus in Mexico (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 22,711 stories about harm among 116,177 counted on 9 Feb.
The news turned to Türkiye for the third day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 116,177 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Türkiye's news, mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ethiopia. Türkiye's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%.
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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