We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
72 of its 79 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Antananarivo accounted for 45 of Madagascar's 72 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. 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.
17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 4 of Tegucigalpa's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
161 of its 241 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 85 of Afghanistan's 161 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
84 of its 182 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Colombo accounted for 50 of Sri Lanka's 84 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
36 of its 109 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
300 of Ottawa's 324 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
5 of Phnom Penh's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
33 of its 73 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 109 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Taipei accounted for 32 of Taiwan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Morocco (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in Malawi (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Israel (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,489 stories about harm among 75,906 counted on 7 Feb.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 August 2021. the news turned to Madagascar for the fourth day running. Mentions of landslides ran about 8 times their usual in Morocco's news. of the day's 75,906 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26.
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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