We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Tehran accounted for 62 of Iran's 127 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. 45 of Tehran's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
342 of its 845 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Peshawar accounted for 152 of Pakistan's 342 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
44 of its 136 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
31 of its 43 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 8 of Damascus' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
330 of its 698 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 210 of Israel's 330 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Gaza accounted for 22 of Palestine's 61 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of Aung Hlaing's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in South Korea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in US (119 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in UK (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 15,390 stories about harm among 81,967 counted on 2 Feb.
In South Korea's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 81,967 stories, below the usual 20. On 2 February 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 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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