We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
124 of its 272 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Santorini accounted for 72 of Greece's 124 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
106 of its 240 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 106 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 48 of Dhaka's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kivu accounted for 51 of Rwanda's 85 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave, storms and drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 234 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 242 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 49 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
13 of its 36 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 48 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Plane crash was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Philippines (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Brazil (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Sweden (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); measles in Australia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 16,661 stories about harm among 95,217 counted on 7 Feb.
The news turned to Greece for the sixth day running. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Sri Lanka. In Greece, 46% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 95,217 stories, below the usual 19.
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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