We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
169 of its 491 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Landslides were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
418 of its 1,095 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
80 of its 256 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 21 of Vaud's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories).
82 of its 111 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Baghdad accounted for 71 of Iraq's 82 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 32 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 95 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Grindavik accounted for 50 of Iceland's 66 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).
20 of its 61 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 17 of Dakar's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
10 of Port-au-Prince's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 225 of Palestine's 255 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 85 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); measles in Ireland (31 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in US (80 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 17,796 stories about harm among 106,276 counted on 9 Feb.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 18 December 2019. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 106,276 stories, below the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to the Philippines. In Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual. On 9 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 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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