We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
440 of its 856 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 297 of Russia's 440 stories about harm, carried by 673 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (204 stories). Poisoning was named in 145 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 26 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 3 of Port Moresby's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 108 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Kinmen accounted for 38 of Taiwan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).
Gaza accounted for 193 of Palestine's 253 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).
57 of its 243 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
41 of its 211 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 38 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 22 of Iran's 39 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Thailand (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); train derailment in Canada (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 9,360 stories about harm among 51,693 counted on 18 Feb.
For the third day running, the news turned to Russia. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 51,693 stories, as usual. Russia's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. On 18 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Trinidad & Tobago, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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