We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
67 of its 185 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Kinmen accounted for 54 of Taiwan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Drownings were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
42 of its 87 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. the Red Sea accounted for 41 of Djibouti's 42 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 61 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Minsk's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
29 of its 110 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 61 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
86 of its 122 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 52 of Haiti's 86 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 75 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kremlin accounted for 427 of Russia's 616 stories about harm, carried by 610 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 19 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Afghanistan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Lebanon (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 18,996 stories about harm among 108,809 counted on 20 Feb.
Mentions of drownings ran about 5 times their usual in Taiwan's news. of the day's 108,809 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Taiwan stood out: 36% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. On 20 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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 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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