We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
58 of its 85 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Nablus accounted for 30 of Palestine's 58 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 70 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
38 of Wellington's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Flu was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
100 of its 150 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 77 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Thingvallavatn accounted for 20 of Iceland's 31 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
139 of its 207 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 91 of Afghanistan's 139 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 45 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mananjary accounted for 23 of Madagascar's 38 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
43 of its 58 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Drought was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hunger. 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 (11 stories). Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
66 of its 143 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Colombo accounted for 43 of Sri Lanka's 66 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Iceland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Kenya (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in India (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,114 stories about harm among 89,337 counted on 8 Feb.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 August 2021. 23 in every 100 of the day's 89,337 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. In Somalia's news, mentions of the drought ran about 5 times their usual. On 8 February 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 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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