We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
63 of its 75 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Sanaa accounted for 52 of Yemen's 63 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Heavy rain was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
4,706 of its 6,684 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Wuhan accounted for 2,913 of China's 4,706 stories about harm, carried by 2,302 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (511 stories). Whooping cough was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with nipah virus.
70 of its 281 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
1,460 of its 5,493 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 267 of Delhi's 497 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories).
54 of its 117 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Taipei accounted for 36 of Taiwan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
51 of its 103 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
148 of its 193 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Idlib accounted for 98 of Syria's 148 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 56 of Iraq's 103 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
133 of its 409 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
150 of its 623 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in New Zealand (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Australia (66 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Mexico (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Germany (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 24,678 stories about harm among 120,395 counted on 30 Jan.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Yemen. of the day's 120,395 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about China and the US. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. In Yemen, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 65% is usual.
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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