We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 322 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Kyiv accounted for 95 of Ukraine's 133 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 245 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 13 of Hanoi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Outbreaks were named in 159 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with respiratory illness and covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
69 of its 143 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tripoli accounted for 50 of Libya's 69 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 211 of Iraq's 328 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
158 of its 180 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
131 of its 304 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories).
94 of its 286 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in France (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mayotte (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Congo (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Germany (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Israel (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 24,096 stories about harm among 119,695 counted on 9 Jan.
Ukraine's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 119,695 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in China's news. On 9 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 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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