We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
134 of its 175 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Ayia Napa accounted for 117 of Cyprus' 134 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. 80 of Ayia Napa's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
395 of its 420 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Tsunami was named in 272 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
2,245 of its 3,852 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tehran accounted for 1,304 of Iran's 2,245 stories about harm, carried by 1,583 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (455 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
235 of its 985 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Illness was named in 110 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
62 of its 109 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
1,803 of its 3,645 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Storm surge was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
179 of its 410 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of Nankana Sahib's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Plane crash was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
156 of its 327 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jakarta accounted for 92 of Indonesia's 156 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in China (96 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Türkiye (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Pakistan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Israel (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 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 23,154 stories about harm among 113,488 counted on 7 Jan.
For the second day running, the news turned to Cyprus. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 113,488 stories, above the usual 19. Cyprus' news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%. A year earlier, on 7 January 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 harsher 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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