We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
33 of its 79 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Machu Picchu accounted for 19 of Peru's 33 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. 16 of Machu Picchu's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
54 of its 177 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
The Red Sea accounted for 55 of Djibouti's 55 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 53 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
61 of its 180 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 4 of Amman's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 121 of Iran's 208 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
12 of its 34 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
28 of Brussels' 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Hurricane was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and flooding.
13 of Gebze's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Spain (27 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Japan (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Norway (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 20,172 stories about harm among 116,186 counted on 1 Feb.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 28 September 2023. 17 in every 100 of the day's 116,186 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Spain's news, mentions of the drought ran about 9 times their usual. Peru stood out: 42% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. On 1 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today. Over January, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in January 2023.
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 much 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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