We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
65 of its 106 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Oslo accounted for 47 of Norway's 65 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Landslides were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
130 of its 138 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Sanaa accounted for 74 of Yemen's 130 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 6 of Santiago de Puringla's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
91 of its 209 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).
67 of its 90 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
45 of its 68 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Petrinja accounted for 36 of Croatia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Tehran accounted for 76 of Iran's 114 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
60 of its 117 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 19 of Buenos Aires' 33 stories were about protests or strikes.
72 of its 132 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
482 of its 1,338 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Tunisia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Iran (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 Dec. 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 20,849 stories about harm among 72,370 counted on 31 Dec.
Norway's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. On 1 January 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 29 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 72,370 stories, above the usual 27.
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 about as 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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