We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
58 of its 86 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Guayaquil accounted for 31 of Ecuador's 58 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
66 of its 128 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bangkok accounted for 47 of Thailand's 66 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
71 of its 221 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
4 of Berlin's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
51 of its 106 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Windhoek accounted for 46 of Namibia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kufra accounted for 19 of Libya's 23 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 23 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 44 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Damascus accounted for 18 of Syria's 29 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Landslides were named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
35 of its 105 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in China (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Sri Lanka (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in US (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 7,918 stories about harm among 44,763 counted on 9 Feb.
In Ecuador, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 44,763 stories, below the usual 19. On 10 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Greece, on 6 of 7 days.
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 harsher 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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