We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
111 of its 162 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jammu accounted for 54 of Kashmir's 111 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
1,340 of its 2,051 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 1,007 of Iran's 1,340 stories about harm, carried by 1,300 outlets. 632 of Tehran's 1,007 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
330 of its 593 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Philippine accounted for 246 of the Philippines' 330 stories about harm, carried by 549 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (110 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 258 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and tsunami.
16 of its 47 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
114 of its 170 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 62 of Afghanistan's 114 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Snowstorms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
213 of its 303 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 154 of Iraq's 213 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
69 of its 86 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 94 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 184 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
37 of its 112 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (39 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in United Arab Emirates (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in China (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Afghanistan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Malaysia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 12,117 stories about harm among 54,082 counted on 12 Jan.
Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. of the day's 54,082 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and Iraq. It was the second day running that the news turned to Kashmir. In Kashmir, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Cyprus, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 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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