We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
230 of its 357 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Istanbul accounted for 85 of Türkiye's 230 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Earthquake was named in 134 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 148 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dakar accounted for 53 of Senegal's 78 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. 48 of Dakar's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories).
44 of its 63 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Mogadishu accounted for 26 of Somalia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 53 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
144 of its 229 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 141 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Earthquake was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
112 of its 334 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 208 of Palestine's 255 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
109 of its 254 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
35 of its 64 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in UK (620 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Syria (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Brazil (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 20,439 stories about harm among 111,494 counted on 6 Feb.
In Türkiye's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,494 stories, as usual. Türkiye's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 6 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.
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 about as 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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