We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
214 of its 710 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 77 of Paris' 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
271 of its 453 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tehran accounted for 129 of Iran's 271 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
196 of its 310 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
248 of its 935 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Road crashes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts.
278 of its 423 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Seoul accounted for 133 of South Korea's 278 stories about harm, carried by 454 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
80 of its 178 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
256 of its 587 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
479 of its 688 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 345 of Afghanistan's 479 stories about harm, carried by 814 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
51 of its 80 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 6 of Hong Kong's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
135 of its 487 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Nigeria (46 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Italy (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in Pakistan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in China (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 16,851 stories about harm among 65,982 counted on 29 Feb.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 1 September 2019. of the day's 65,982 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US.
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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