We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
735 of its 1,121 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Amazonas accounted for 449 of Brazil's 735 stories about harm, carried by 383 outlets. 441 of Amazonas' 449 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (448 stories). Natural hazards were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
2,354 of its 3,018 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Istanbul accounted for 2,077 of Türkiye's 2,354 stories about harm, carried by 1,343 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (1,250 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
116 of its 196 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
315 of its 528 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (168 stories). Storms were named in 196 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and drought.
97 of its 213 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 63 of Addis Ababa's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
17 of its 27 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
69 of its 96 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
829 of its 1,013 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Baghdad accounted for 412 of Iraq's 829 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories). Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
198 of its 998 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 26 of Madrid's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
Also named far more than usual: house fires in Ireland (352 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (72 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Argentina (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Albania (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Jan. 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 45,940 stories about harm among 229,039 counted on 3 Jan.
Brazil's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. In Chile's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 4 January 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. 20 in every 100 of the day's 229,039 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.
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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