We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
21 of its 23 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Titao accounted for 15 of Burkina Faso's 21 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 173 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
22 of its 62 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
152 of its 696 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Avalanche was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
37 of its 130 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Vienna accounted for 34 of Austria's 37 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 73 of Ukraine's 105 stories about harm, carried by 272 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 67 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
4 of Ifakara's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Moscow accounted for 77 of Russia's 132 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Italy (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Canada (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); measles in UK (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in India (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 13,727 stories about harm among 80,225 counted on 17 Feb.
Romania's news mentioned tuberculosis more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 80,225 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. A year earlier, on 17 February 2025, 19 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 much 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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