We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Titao accounted for 14 of Burkina Faso's 18 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
170 of its 535 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 123 of Russia's 170 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Poisoning was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 229 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Train derailment was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche.
10 of its 27 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 3 of Yaounde's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
13 of its 42 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 144 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 168 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
60 of its 101 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Damascus accounted for 37 of Syria's 60 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); measles in UK (38 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 11,252 stories about harm among 66,240 counted on 16 Feb.
In Switzerland's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 66,240 stories, below the usual 18. Burkina Faso's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. A year earlier, on 16 February 2025, 20 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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