We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
189 of its 437 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kremlin accounted for 138 of Russia's 189 stories about harm, carried by 423 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories). Poisoning was named in 119 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
66 of its 103 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Gaza accounted for 43 of Palestine's 66 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 91 of Iran's 154 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 60 of Tehran's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 110 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Dubai accounted for 22 of the United Arab Emirates' 24 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets.
184 of its 309 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
76 of its 222 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Natural hazards were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
15 of Kaduna's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Australia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in India (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in US (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 8,941 stories about harm among 51,258 counted on 14 Feb.
Russia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 51,258 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Russia, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. A year earlier, on 14 February 2025, 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 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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