We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
792 of its 1,044 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Tel Aviv accounted for 241 of Israel's 792 stories about harm, carried by 459 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Buenos Aires accounted for 33 of Argentina's 47 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 13 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%.
146 of its 463 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 54 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 68 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Damascus accounted for 22 of Syria's 44 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
33 of its 42 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 16,913 stories about harm among 95,144 counted on 21 Feb.
In Haiti's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 95,144 stories, as usual. Israel's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 63%. A year earlier, on 22 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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