We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
166 of its 406 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Warsaw accounted for 131 of Poland's 166 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Road crashes were named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
268 of its 1,247 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 90 of Madrid's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (183 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
243 of its 340 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 123 of Afghanistan's 243 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
233 of its 590 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
349 of its 454 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Darfur accounted for 293 of Sudan's 349 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
133 of its 290 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Prague accounted for 113 of the Czechia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
64 of its 125 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 16 of Phnom Penh's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories).
311 of its 611 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 121 of Gaza's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (212 stories).
58 of its 124 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 40 of Bamenda's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Road crashes were named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: cholera in United Arab Emirates (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Singapore (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Iraq (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Yemen (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Türkiye (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 51,767 stories about harm among 263,514 counted on 13 Jan.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 13 December 2016. Poland's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. Poland's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 263,514 news stories, 20 in every 100 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 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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