We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
77 of its 114 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kampala accounted for 65 of Uganda's 77 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Ebola was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with outbreaks and haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 224 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides.
100 of its 128 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kivu accounted for 50 of Rwanda's 100 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
84 of its 267 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 10 of Kyiv's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
50 of its 193 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 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.
44 of its 84 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Beirut accounted for 27 of Lebanon's 44 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 137 of Palestine's 223 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 59 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 96 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
7 of its 11 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in US (768 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hepatitis in UK (28 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 Jan. 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 18,063 stories about harm among 95,390 counted on 31 Jan.
For the second day running, the news turned to Uganda. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 95,390 stories, as usual. Uganda's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. On 1 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 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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