We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Khartoum accounted for 18 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 13 of Khartoum's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
34 of its 60 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 20 of Kashmir's 34 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 149 of Afghanistan's 240 stories about harm, carried by 414 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
29 of its 56 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kathmandu accounted for 17 of Nepal's 29 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets.
25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 5 of Nablus' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
7 of its 10 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
48 of Wellington's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
317 of Ottawa's 358 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
8 of its 12 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
43 of its 93 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in France (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in China (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 19,242 stories about harm among 84,634 counted on 11 Feb.
Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 84,634 stories, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 11 February 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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