We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 237 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 72 of Lebanon's 94 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 48 of Beirut's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
425 of its 809 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Philippine accounted for 211 of the Philippines' 425 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 321 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
124 of its 264 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jammu accounted for 83 of Kashmir's 124 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
29 of its 43 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Khartoum accounted for 54 of Sudan's 65 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. 39 of Khartoum's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 574 of Iran's 807 stories about harm, carried by 885 outlets. 316 of Tehran's 574 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
90 of its 300 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Storms were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Avalanche was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 78 of Iraq's 127 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 56 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Pakistan (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Switzerland (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in China (111 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Fiji (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (80 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 20,067 stories about harm among 114,113 counted on 15 Jan.
18 in every 100 of the day's 114,113 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 15 January 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 much 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?
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.
Create a free accountSign in · a username, an email and a password.