We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
34 of its 64 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 5 of Kathmandu's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 111 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Vienna accounted for 28 of Austria's 42 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
179 of its 630 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Rome accounted for 106 of Italy's 179 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 120 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
53 of its 201 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 96 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 22 of Sudan's 71 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
101 of its 377 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 24 of Brasilia's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
21 of its 77 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 107 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
46 of its 94 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kampala accounted for 25 of Uganda's 46 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 116 of Palestine's 160 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Vatican City (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Philippines (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Canada (87 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Palestine (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 17,680 stories about harm among 97,782 counted on 19 Feb.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 97,782 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 20 February 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 softer 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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