We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
117 of its 135 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Algiers accounted for 97 of Algeria's 117 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
1,158 of its 2,217 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Miryang accounted for 710 of South Korea's 1,158 stories about harm, carried by 638 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (319 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
176 of its 318 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 69 of Beirut's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Storms were named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis.
122 of its 157 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
563 of its 838 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ramallah accounted for 432 of Palestine's 563 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (236 stories). Flooding was named in 128 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.
221 of its 252 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Drownings were named in 109 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
36 of its 56 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
47 of its 66 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
205 of its 568 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 146 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. HIV was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Yemen (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (53 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); helicopter crash in Ukraine (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Madagascar (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Brazil (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 41,136 stories about harm among 200,769 counted on 26 Jan.
In Algeria, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Yemen's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 200,769 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23.
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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