We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,352 of its 2,243 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tehran accounted for 903 of Iran's 1,352 stories about harm, carried by 1,108 outlets. 565 of Tehran's 903 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
791 of its 1,112 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Philippine accounted for 493 of the Philippines' 791 stories about harm, carried by 922 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (244 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 714 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and tsunami.
115 of its 164 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 66 of Kashmir's 115 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 54 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
29 of its 106 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
143 of its 340 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 14 of Riyadh's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (72 stories).
31 of its 85 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 155 of Iraq's 235 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 66 of Afghanistan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Avalanche was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
48 of its 49 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in China (82 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in Ireland (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Malaysia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Afghanistan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 20,465 stories about harm among 105,041 counted on 13 Jan.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 105,041 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. A year earlier, on 13 January 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Iran stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%.
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 softer 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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