We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,931 of its 2,553 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Istanbul accounted for 918 of Türkiye's 1,931 stories about harm, carried by 576 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
149 of its 225 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 18 of Manama's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 78 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
253 of its 647 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
178 of its 255 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Man Dung accounted for 127 of Myanmar's 178 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 85 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
47 of its 114 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
277 of its 778 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
372 of its 1,038 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 35 of Amazonas' 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,126 of its 2,756 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (301 stories). Malaria was named in 179 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with polio.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Poland (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (179 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plane crash in Tanzania (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 56,781 stories about harm among 266,716 counted on 5 Jan.
The news turned to Türkiye for the fourth day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 266,716 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. Türkiye stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%. A year earlier, on 6 January 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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