We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
195 of its 387 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 154 of Israel's 195 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
760 of its 1,103 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 103 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
255 of its 793 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Flooding was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.
Kabul accounted for 22 of Afghanistan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
42 of its 48 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 10 of Managua's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 55 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (44 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in South Africa (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 13,730 stories about harm among 74,046 counted on 10 Feb.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 9 December 2022. of the day's 74,046 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On 10 February 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. Israel's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%.
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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