We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 76 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Ndjamena accounted for 26 of Chad's 32 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
125 of its 301 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 89 of Bangladesh's 125 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
218 of its 625 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Tehran accounted for 36 of Iran's 72 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 20 of Tehran's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
36 of its 93 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Havana accounted for 24 of Cuba's 36 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
410 of its 574 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Gaza accounted for 343 of Palestine's 410 stories about harm, carried by 451 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 188 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
35 of its 91 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).
27 of its 51 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Poland (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Cuba (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Colombia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 21,875 stories about harm among 122,157 counted on 29 Feb.
Chad's news was 42% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 122,157 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Chad for the second day running. Mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual in Poland's news. On 1 March 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 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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