We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 131 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Discovery Bay accounted for 42 of Hong Kong's 85 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
44 of its 53 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Mogadishu accounted for 30 of Somalia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of Wellington's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Heavy rain was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
19 of its 35 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
74 of its 243 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 124 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
19 of its 41 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
118 of its 431 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Tonga (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in France (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Philippines (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in India (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 21,206 stories about harm among 93,714 counted on 10 Feb.
For the third day running, the news turned to Hong Kong. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 93,714 stories, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 10 February 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. In Hong Kong, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.
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 softer 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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