We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
639 of its 1,445 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kremlin accounted for 423 of Russia's 639 stories about harm, carried by 678 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Illness was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 143 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Port Moresby accounted for 46 of Papua New Guinea's 112 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
76 of its 147 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms, avalanche and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 74 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 7 of Buenos Aires' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
70 of its 166 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Kinmen accounted for 46 of Taiwan's 70 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories).
44 of its 66 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
21 of its 49 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
28 of its 150 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Romania (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); house fires in Canada (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in US (108 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Australia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 15,759 stories about harm among 87,484 counted on 19 Feb.
The news turned to Russia for the fourth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 87,484 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Afghanistan's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 19 February 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Russia's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.
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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