We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
52 of its 96 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Dakar accounted for 39 of Senegal's 52 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 33 of Dakar's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
110 of its 204 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Nerkin Hand accounted for 48 of Armenia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
27 of its 59 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Oil spill was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
100 of its 367 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Illness was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
96 of its 324 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 29 of Jakarta's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 10 of Caracas' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
54 of its 110 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 30 of Lebanon's 54 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 89 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 41 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Türkiye (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Greece (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 19,131 stories about harm among 110,691 counted on 13 Feb.
The news turned to Senegal for the second day running. 17 in every 100 of the day's 110,691 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Senegal, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 February 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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