We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
47 of its 67 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Dakar accounted for 39 of Senegal's 47 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 35 of Dakar's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
47 of its 90 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 35 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
105 of its 303 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Landslides were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake.
13 of its 35 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
42 of its 105 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Budapest accounted for 34 of Hungary's 42 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 32 of Budapest's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
275 of its 365 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Gaza accounted for 243 of Palestine's 275 stories about harm, carried by 407 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 37 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Grindavik accounted for 18 of Iceland's 27 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets.
34 of its 121 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (141 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 11,148 stories about harm among 62,493 counted on 10 Feb.
Senegal stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 62,493 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. On 10 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 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 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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