We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 239 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 62 of Lebanon's 94 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 50 of Beirut's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
156 of its 208 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Idlib accounted for 76 of Syria's 156 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 87 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with meningitis.
49 of its 85 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
103 of its 210 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jammu accounted for 70 of Kashmir's 103 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (27 stories). Train derailment was named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 339 of Iran's 533 stories about harm, carried by 513 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 80 of Iraq's 133 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
52 of its 60 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in China (146 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Switzerland (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); avalanche in Pakistan (62 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Russia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storm surge in Bahamas (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 21,449 stories about harm among 122,912 counted on 16 Jan.
For the second day running, the news turned to Lebanon. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 122,912 stories, below the usual 20. Lebanon's news was 39% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 16 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 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 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?
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