We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
160 of its 188 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Villa Alemana accounted for 51 of Chile's 160 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Wildfires were named in 121 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought, heatwave and earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 234 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Windhoek accounted for 72 of Namibia's 112 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Illness was named in 104 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
121 of its 148 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Baghdad accounted for 55 of Iraq's 121 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
341 of its 1,110 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Power cuts were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
182 of its 361 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
58 of its 129 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with helicopter crash.
Sanaa accounted for 84 of Yemen's 124 stories about harm, carried by 319 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
47 of its 121 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
225 of its 627 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Türkiye (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in India (110 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 9,973 stories about harm among 51,883 counted on 4 Feb.
Chile stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 51,883 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Chile. On 4 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Iraq, on 3 of 7 days.
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 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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