We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
939 of its 1,266 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Istanbul accounted for 596 of Türkiye's 939 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (221 stories). Storms were named in 146 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold and hypothermia. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,194 of its 1,367 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Azaz accounted for 887 of Syria's 1,194 stories about harm, carried by 694 outlets. 503 of Azaz's 887 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (533 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
201 of its 383 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Heavy rain was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
120 of its 343 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
283 of its 497 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Colombo accounted for 258 of Sri Lanka's 283 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. 240 of Colombo's 258 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories).
272 of its 472 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 65 of Monte Cristo's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
228 of its 264 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 215 of Somalia's 228 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
238 of its 369 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Santiago accounted for 234 of Chile's 238 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (113 stories).
135 of its 188 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 110 of Haiti's 135 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 67 of Port-au-Prince's 110 stories were about protests or strikes.
38 of its 88 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Poland (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Albania (15 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Zimbabwe (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Gambia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 36,133 stories about harm among 148,786 counted on 7 Jan.
Of the day's 148,786 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 8 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 24 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 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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