We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
148 of its 166 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sanaa accounted for 71 of Yemen's 148 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Hunger was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
87 of its 171 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Harare accounted for 50 of Zimbabwe's 87 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 66 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
81 of its 164 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 20 of Kampala's 40 stories were about protests or strikes.
62 of its 97 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Havana accounted for 44 of Cuba's 62 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
137 of its 384 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Snowstorms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with extreme cold.
76 of its 159 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 28 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tunis accounted for 16 of Tunisia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
187 of its 655 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Indonesia (52 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in India (233 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in New Zealand (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Spain (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 23,178 stories about harm among 84,552 counted on 11 Jan.
Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. 27 in every 100 of the day's 84,552 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 12 January 2020, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 27 today. Yemen stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 69%.
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 harsher 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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