We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
568 of its 806 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Antakya accounted for 144 of Türkiye's 568 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Rabies was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 115 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Baghdad accounted for 74 of Iraq's 86 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of Tehran's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 92 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Phnom Penh accounted for 27 of Cambodia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets.
200 of its 416 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Cyclone was named in 151 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts, storm surge and tropical storm.
257 of its 917 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 82 of Syria's 241 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 9 of Managua's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (151 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Sweden (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 12,074 stories about harm among 67,444 counted on 13 Feb.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 18 November 2022. For the sixth day running, the news turned to Türkiye. A year earlier, on 13 February 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. 18 in every 100 of the day's 67,444 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.
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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