We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
570 of its 760 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Hatay accounted for 131 of Türkiye's 570 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Natural hazards were named in 73 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
108 of its 205 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 81 of Israel's 108 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 72 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 36 of Tehran's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
71 of its 155 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and power cuts.
44 of its 45 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Managua accounted for 20 of Nicaragua's 44 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets.
15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Havana accounted for 11 of Cuba's 15 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets.
6 of its 6 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
20 of its 23 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 117 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in US (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 8,281 stories about harm among 42,182 counted on 11 Feb.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to Türkiye. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 42,182 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 11 February 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Türkiye, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 61% 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 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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