We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
56 of its 94 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Santa Juana accounted for 24 of Chile's 56 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Wildfires were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
159 of its 405 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 69 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Juba accounted for 46 of South Sudan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
53 of its 91 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 30 of Afghanistan's 53 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 16 of Kabul's 30 stories were about protests or strikes.
39 of its 49 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Jenin accounted for 15 of Palestine's 39 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 57 of Israel's 80 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 31 of Iran's 55 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 21 of Tehran's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 41 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
43 of its 136 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Canada (42 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); extreme cold in US (165 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 8,290 stories about harm among 40,954 counted on 4 Feb.
Chile's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 40,954 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Chile's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 4 February 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 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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