We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
102 of its 173 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Tripoli accounted for 78 of Libya's 102 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
123 of its 348 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Chios accounted for 72 of Greece's 123 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 149 of Iran's 219 stories about harm, carried by 404 outlets. 104 of Tehran's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 142 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
115 of its 187 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 88 of Palestine's 115 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 152 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
62 of its 85 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Snowstorms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 86 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
303 of its 536 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Spain (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in South Korea (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cholera in Sudan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 15,176 stories about harm among 88,196 counted on 4 Feb.
In Libya, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 88,196 stories, below the usual 18. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. A year earlier, on 4 February 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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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