We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 229 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Oslo accounted for 83 of Norway's 116 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
122 of its 189 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Natural hazards were named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
155 of its 344 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kyiv accounted for 116 of Ukraine's 155 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 148 of Iran's 231 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. 112 of Tehran's 148 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
15 of its 52 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
107 of its 194 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 79 of Palestine's 107 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
16 of its 64 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
39 of its 142 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
21 of its 53 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
22 of its 67 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Canada (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in US (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 14,853 stories about harm among 86,700 counted on 3 Feb.
Norway's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 86,700 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. the news turned to Norway for the second day running. On 3 February 2025, 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 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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