We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
172 of its 209 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Grindavik accounted for 148 of Iceland's 172 stories about harm, carried by 442 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Outbreaks were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
40 of its 92 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
578 of its 1,258 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Landslides were named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Tunis accounted for 16 of Tunisia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (20 stories).
220 of its 289 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Baghdad accounted for 193 of Iraq's 220 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
49 of its 105 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Helicopter crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Nairobi accounted for 72 of Kenya's 106 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 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 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
73 of its 249 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (28 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Ecuador (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); measles in Ireland (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Chile (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Jamaica (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Sudan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,028 stories about harm among 115,072 counted on 8 Feb.
17 in every 100 of the day's 115,072 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. On 8 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 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 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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