We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 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.
46 of its 127 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Santorini accounted for 24 of Greece's 46 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Storms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 28 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
15 of its 44 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 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.
11 of its 27 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
82 of its 385 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 102 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Jerusalem accounted for 187 of Israel's 511 stories about harm, carried by 494 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in China (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in India (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in US (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 10,753 stories about harm among 60,828 counted on 8 Feb.
Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in China's news. In Mali, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. A year earlier, on 9 February 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. 18 in every 100 of the day's 60,828 news stories were about people being harmed, 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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