We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
157 of its 229 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 141 of Lebanon's 157 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. 140 of Beirut's 141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
46 of its 71 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Vejprty accounted for 36 of the Czechia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
124 of its 137 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Marib accounted for 74 of Yemen's 124 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
405 of its 1,357 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Covid was named in 189 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with earthquake and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
54 of its 101 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kathmandu accounted for 37 of Nepal's 54 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Snowstorms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
48 of its 83 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 16 of Hong Kong Island's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
13 of its 25 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 46 of Iraq's 70 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. 27 of Baghdad's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
12 of its 30 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Nepal (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Australia (63 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 10,568 stories about harm among 54,143 counted on 19 Jan.
People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about China and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 54,143 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Lebanon. In Lebanon, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. China's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 4 of 7 days.
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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