We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 83 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Prague accounted for 21 of the Czechia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
156 of its 542 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
48 of its 141 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Train derailment was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Gaza accounted for 109 of Palestine's 157 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Polio was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
721 of its 1,016 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Tel Aviv accounted for 188 of Israel's 721 stories about harm, carried by 497 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Buenos Aires accounted for 37 of Argentina's 48 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Power cuts were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Drownings were 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.
27 of its 101 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
29 of its 119 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Sweden (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Türkiye (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Philippines (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 17,506 stories about harm among 100,216 counted on 20 Feb.
The Czechia's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 100,216 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 21 February 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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