We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 111 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Buenos Aires accounted for 61 of Argentina's 68 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
382 of its 474 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Idlib accounted for 266 of Syria's 382 stories about harm, carried by 683 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
413 of its 1,117 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bissau accounted for 23 of Guinea-Bissau's 23 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
15 of its 31 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 90 of Afghanistan's 140 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
19 of its 29 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
71 of its 110 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Tonga (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Netherlands (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); snowstorms in US (861 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 22,391 stories about harm among 91,387 counted on 3 Feb.
Argentina's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. of the day's 91,387 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. On 3 February 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, the same as 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 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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