We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
58 of its 76 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Juba accounted for 40 of South Sudan's 58 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
96 of its 144 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tehran accounted for 44 of Iran's 96 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. 40 of Tehran's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 82 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Wildfires were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
318 of its 703 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Islamabad accounted for 111 of Pakistan's 318 stories about harm, carried by 408 outlets. Illness was named in 89 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 80 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Diwaniyah accounted for 26 of Iraq's 37 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 17 of Diwaniyah's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
42 of its 89 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Power cuts were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 70 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).
28 of its 96 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Pakistan (89 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in US (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 6,556 stories about harm among 33,903 counted on 5 Feb.
For the third day running, the news turned to South Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 33,903 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 February 2022, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In South Sudan, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Pakistan, 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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