We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
388 of its 712 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Islamabad accounted for 264 of Pakistan's 388 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (211 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
109 of its 284 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Dhaka accounted for 61 of Bangladesh's 109 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. 37 of Dhaka's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Poisoning was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
26 of its 68 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Moscow accounted for 137 of Russia's 196 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 36 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 4 of Apia's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Gaza accounted for 35 of Palestine's 62 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 185 of Iran's 248 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. 102 of Tehran's 185 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 50 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Türkiye (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (27 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Spain (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (19 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); train derailment in Canada (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 14,323 stories about harm among 83,485 counted on 6 Feb.
17 in every 100 of the day's 83,485 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. A year earlier, on 6 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 harsher 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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