We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 114 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Budapest accounted for 39 of Hungary's 55 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 35 of Budapest's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
83 of its 93 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Mogadishu accounted for 55 of Somalia's 83 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
25 of its 58 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Oil spill was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Landslides were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain and earthquake. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 17 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 13 of Dakar's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
336 of its 440 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Gaza accounted for 304 of Palestine's 336 stories about harm, carried by 610 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 63 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 30 of Tehran's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 8 of Antananarivo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 59 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 24 of Lebanon's 33 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
9 of its 9 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 7 of Managua's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Nigeria (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Iran (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in US (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 9,364 stories about harm among 53,503 counted on 11 Feb.
Hungary's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 53,503 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Palestine and Israel. A year earlier, on 11 February 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Senegal, on 4 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 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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