Saudi Arabia
Riyadh accounted for 1,047 of Saudi Arabia's 1,581 stories about harm, carried by 581 outlets. 735 of Riyadh's 1,047 stories were about protests or strikes.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Most of the day's attention went to protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), violence in Sanaa and people displaced in Bangui. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Part of lifeConflict & violence
32 in 100 of the stories about harm
Country hit hardestYemen
87 in 100 of its 261 stories
RegionMiddle East & North Africa
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Tone of the words
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across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Yemen
Sanaa accounted for 160 of Yemen's 226 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Central African Republic
Bangui accounted for 77 of the Central African Republic's 84 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets.
Albania
Tirana accounted for 92 of Albania's 94 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets.
6 more places the news pointed at
Iraq
193 of Baghdad's 277 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Panama
3 of Panama City's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
South Korea
Seoul accounted for 1,061 of South Korea's 1,208 stories about harm, carried by 542 outlets.
Philippines
82 of Manila's 153 stories were about protests or strikes.
Iran
165 of Tehran's 242 stories were about protests or strikes.
Venezuela
63 of Caracas' 91 stories were about protests or strikes.
20 in 100 stories were about harm
21 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Jan. The big dot is this day. Click a day to open it. Based on 48,796 stories about harm among 242,273 counted on 6 Jan.
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It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Saudi Arabia. 20 in every 100 of the day's 242,273 news stories were about people being harmed.
- 20 in every 100 of the day's 242,273 news stories were about people being harmed.
- Saudi Arabia: Riyadh accounted for 1,047 of Saudi Arabia's 1,581 stories about harm, carried by 581 outlets.
- Yemen: Sanaa accounted for 160 of Yemen's 226 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets.
- Central African Republic: Bangui accounted for 77 of the Central African Republic's 84 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets.
- Albania: Tirana accounted for 92 of Albania's 94 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets.
- It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Saudi Arabia.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Albania90 in 100 of its 105 stories · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen87 in 100 of its 261 stories · mostly conflict & violence Burundi83 in 100 of its 101 stories · mostly conflict & violence Guinea81 in 100 of its 83 stories · mostly health Libya77 in 100 of its 217 stories · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Riyadh Saudi Arabia735 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1047 Harney County US421 stories about protests or strikes, of its 753 Washington US287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1908 Pyongyang North Korea241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1193 Baghdad Iraq193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Pyongyang North Korea attacks & violence · 1,193 stories, 870 outlets ● Seoul South Korea attacks & violence · 1,061 stories, 542 outlets ● Washington US attacks & violence · 1,908 stories, 1,297 outlets ● Harney County US protests & strikes · 753 stories, 771 outlets ● Riyadh Saudi Arabia protests & strikes · 1,047 stories, 581 outlets ● Sanaa Yemen attacks & violence · 160 stories, 219 outlets ● Pathankot India attacks & violence · 772 stories, 194 outlets ● Baghdad Iraq protests & strikes · 277 stories, 271 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Conflict & violence32% 15,149 stories Rights & justice28% 13,256 stories Disasters & accidents16% 7,543 stories Health9% 4,558 stories Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,208 stories Shelter & services4% 1,689 stories Displacement3% 1,531 stories Food & livelihood2% 1,076 storiesOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed14,998 stories Stories reporting arrests6,190 stories Stories reporting people affected6,004 stories Stories reporting people injured2,762 stories Stories reporting refugees1,384 stories Stories reporting abductions508 stories Stories reporting evacuations472 stories Stories reporting people displaced347 stories Stories reporting people falling ill234 storiesStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
● Anger–
● Warmth–
● Grief–
● Fear–
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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