We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 95 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Bissau accounted for 40 of Guinea-Bissau's 40 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
32 of its 64 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Quito accounted for 29 of Ecuador's 32 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain.
25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 128 of Israel's 243 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 34 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
96 of its 212 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 89 of Afghanistan's 141 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
14 of its 38 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Tonga (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Madagascar (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in North Korea (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in US (859 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 21,721 stories about harm among 90,248 counted on 2 Feb.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 19 November 2021. Guinea-Bissau's news was 42% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. In Tonga's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 90,248 stories, below the usual 27.
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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