We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,083 of its 1,478 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Hypothermia was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 82 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 43 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. 13 of Jammu's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 44 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. It drew 15 stories, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people displaced 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.
9 of its 26 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
420 of its 548 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Aleppo accounted for 103 of Syria's 420 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hypothermia. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 29 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
23 of its 61 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
9 of its 18 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 4 of Algiers' 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
269 of its 944 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Peru (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Brazil (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in Spain (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Syria (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 15,539 stories about harm among 79,704 counted on 8 Feb.
On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 79,704 stories, as usual. On 8 February 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. In Türkiye, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 53% is usual.
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 about as 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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