We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
42 of its 51 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Guatemala City accounted for 27 of Guatemala's 42 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 44 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 26 of Yemen's 35 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 60 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Mogadishu accounted for 22 of Somalia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 73 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 156 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Amman's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Kampala accounted for 22 of Uganda's 33 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 75 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
15 of its 57 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in South Korea (30 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (71 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Uganda (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in US (140 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 16,615 stories about harm among 95,167 counted on 11 Feb.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Guatemala. of the day's 95,167 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Australia's news mentioned outbreaks about 9 times as often as usual. Guatemala's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. On 12 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as 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 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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