We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 88 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Camana accounted for 23 of Peru's 61 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
69 of its 93 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Nablus accounted for 39 of Palestine's 69 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 7 of Tbilisi's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
60 of its 149 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,456 of its 1,914 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (542 stories). Extreme cold was named in 122 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with cholera and hypothermia. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
436 of its 573 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Aleppo accounted for 110 of Syria's 436 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Cholera was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with extreme cold and hypothermia. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 15 of Kashmir's 25 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 56 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 64 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
110 of its 322 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Brazil (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Syria (56 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Türkiye (122 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); poisoning in India (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); train derailment in US (135 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 16,121 stories about harm among 77,922 counted on 7 Feb.
Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. of the day's 77,922 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and Syria. A year earlier, on 7 February 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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