We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 230 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (75 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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.
79 of its 103 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Caracas accounted for 61 of Venezuela's 79 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories).
35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kampala accounted for 27 of Uganda's 35 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
56 of its 180 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
62 of its 68 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Omdurman accounted for 45 of Sudan's 62 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
45 of its 68 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
214 of its 558 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
53 of its 69 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kivu accounted for 38 of Rwanda's 53 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
427 of its 581 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Tel Aviv accounted for 155 of Israel's 427 stories about harm, carried by 417 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in US (436 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 11,655 stories about harm among 59,384 counted on 1 Feb.
The news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 59,384 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 February 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over January, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in January 2024.
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 about as 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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