We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
511 of its 576 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Nakhon Ratchasima accounted for 387 of Thailand's 511 stories about harm, carried by 951 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
1,871 of its 2,551 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Wuhan accounted for 990 of China's 1,871 stories about harm, carried by 1,436 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 117 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
983 of its 3,730 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Storms were named in 203 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain and tornadoes.
229 of its 312 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 98 of Afghanistan's 229 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
101 of its 194 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
125 of its 154 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Idlib accounted for 88 of Syria's 125 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 69 of Iran's 100 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
82 of its 174 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories).
26 of its 34 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Papua New Guinea (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (93 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Iran (10 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 12,996 stories about harm among 56,400 counted on 9 Feb.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 5 January 2020. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 56,400 stories, above the usual 20. Thailand's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Thailand and the US. the news turned to Thailand for the second day running. This week the news turned most often to China, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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