We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
482 of its 1,065 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Ottawa accounted for 261 of Canada's 482 stories about harm, carried by 686 outlets. 244 of Ottawa's 261 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
82 of its 118 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 69 of Iraq's 82 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 78 of Israel's 136 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
186 of its 531 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Kyiv accounted for 147 of Ukraine's 186 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
164 of its 352 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 42 of Wellington's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Cyclone was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and power cuts.
37 of its 65 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 29 of Kashmir's 37 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 46 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 8 of Beirut's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
8 of its 22 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 5 of Santiago's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
43 of Paris' 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (48 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 8,753 stories about harm among 38,987 counted on 13 Feb.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 August 2021. A year earlier, on 13 February 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. 22 in every 100 of the day's 38,987 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. In Canada, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Hong Kong, on 4 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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