We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 79 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Sanaa accounted for 43 of Yemen's 62 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 26 of Sanaa's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Heavy rain was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
4,454 of its 6,207 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Wuhan accounted for 3,005 of China's 4,454 stories about harm, carried by 2,298 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (219 stories). Norovirus was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
223 of its 357 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Ghazni accounted for 128 of Afghanistan's 223 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. Plane crash was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
107 of its 255 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
109 of its 243 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 33 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 118 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
279 of its 753 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Natural hazards were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
34 of its 40 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
31 of its 61 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 3 of Amhara's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Brazil (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Mali (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Pakistan (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in Canada (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 24,116 stories about harm among 118,166 counted on 28 Jan.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 118,166 stories, as usual. Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Brazil's news. In Yemen, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 64% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 January 2019, 20 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.
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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