We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
59 of its 61 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Mananjary accounted for 34 of Madagascar's 59 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Ottawa accounted for 155 of Canada's 357 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. 139 of Ottawa's 155 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
60 of its 194 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 75 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Colombo accounted for 26 of Sri Lanka's 37 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (6 stories). Avalanche was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 142 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 12 of Tijuana's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
19 of its 55 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Pyongyang accounted for 18 of North Korea's 19 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. 12 of Pyongyang's 18 stories were about protests or strikes.
8 of its 8 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 65 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
25 of its 63 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Austria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in India (108 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 9,655 stories about harm among 40,622 counted on 6 Feb.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 3 November 2021. of the day's 40,622 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. the news turned to Madagascar for the third day running. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and Ukraine. A year earlier, on 6 February 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Madagascar, on 3 of 7 days.
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 much 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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