We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
55 of its 70 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. the Red Sea accounted for 55 of Djibouti's 55 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Accidents were named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 76 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Vienna accounted for 20 of Austria's 24 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 83 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
91 of its 458 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 40 of Paris' 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
42 of its 80 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Valencia accounted for 29 of Venezuela's 42 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
47 of its 181 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
355 of its 908 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 166 of Russia's 355 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
183 of its 876 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (39 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
55 of its 58 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories).
Also named far more than usual: accidents in Yemen (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Italy (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Venezuela (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Canada (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in India (35 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 11,699 stories about harm among 64,105 counted on 24 Feb.
In Italy's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 64,105 stories, as usual. Djibouti's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. On 24 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 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 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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