We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
562 of its 749 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Antakya accounted for 193 of Türkiye's 562 stories about harm, carried by 620 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (182 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 30 of Iran's 58 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 25 of Tehran's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 30 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%.
130 of its 246 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Cyclone was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, power cuts and storm surge.
Damascus accounted for 65 of Syria's 202 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 30 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 8 of Tunis' 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
23 of its 25 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 8 of Managua's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 6,755 stories about harm among 35,123 counted on 12 Feb.
The news turned to Türkiye for the fifth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 35,123 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 12 February 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Türkiye's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 62%. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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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