We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
292 of its 325 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tunis accounted for 263 of Tunisia's 292 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. 257 of Tunis' 263 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (262 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
725 of its 830 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Acari accounted for 470 of Peru's 725 stories about harm, carried by 558 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Tsunami was named in 662 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague.
508 of its 764 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Trabzon accounted for 351 of Türkiye's 508 stories about harm, carried by 570 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (213 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
774 of its 1,342 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 562 of Israel's 774 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
117 of its 221 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Wildfires were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
48 of its 84 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 19 of Lusaka's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
117 of its 135 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Rabaul accounted for 83 of Papua New Guinea's 117 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (102 stories).
209 of its 292 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 152 of Lebanon's 209 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (127 stories).
72 of its 96 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
418 of its 975 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (102 stories). Food poisoning was named in 191 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with poisoning.
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in France (191 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (33 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 24,430 stories about harm among 100,449 counted on 14 Jan.
In Peru's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 100,449 stories, above the usual 23. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and Papua New Guinea. A year earlier, on 14 January 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Tunisia, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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