We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 105 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Villach accounted for 31 of Austria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
35 of its 75 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 3 of Kathmandu's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
418 of its 1,747 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Plane crash was named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms.
128 of its 471 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
62 of its 96 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Earthquake was named in 16 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.
Beirut accounted for 29 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 15 of Beirut's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.
19 of its 25 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 53 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
203 of its 683 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Argentina (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in India (161 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Syria (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Egypt (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in US (403 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 14,039 stories about harm among 74,478 counted on 17 Feb.
Mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual in Canada's news. of the day's 74,478 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Austria for the third day running. Austria's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. On 18 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 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 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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