Mali
38 of its 51 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
The news turned to people injured in Mali, protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and rights and justice in Harare. Mali's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.
Part of lifeHealth
56 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual
Country that rose mostMali
75 in 100 of its 51 stories, usually 49
RegionEvery region
about as usual
Tone of the words
About as usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Cambodia
33 of its 58 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Phnom Penh accounted for 22 of Cambodia's 33 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 18 of Phnom Penh's 22 stories were about protests or strikes.
Zimbabwe
100 of its 197 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Harare accounted for 52 of Zimbabwe's 100 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories).
Bangladesh
110 of its 231 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
6 more places the news pointed at
Germany
291 of its 701 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Algeria
17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tunisia
39 of its 62 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 14 of Tunis' 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Belgium
10 of Brussels' 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Brazil
139 of its 326 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Lebanon
66 of its 121 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Beirut accounted for 49 of Lebanon's 66 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Canada (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in India (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in UK (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
27 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 28; 27 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 26,683 stories about harm among 99,109 counted on 14 Jan.
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Canada's news mentioned power cuts about 6 times as often as usual. 27 in every 100 of the day's 99,109 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. A year earlier, on 15 January 2020, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. Mali stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 49%.
- 27 in every 100 of the day's 99,109 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 28).
- Mali: 38 of its 51 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%.
- Cambodia: 33 of its 58 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%.
- Zimbabwe: 100 of its 197 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%.
- Bangladesh: 110 of its 231 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%.
- Mentions of power cuts ran about 6 times their usual in Canada's news.
- Mentions of the polio ran about three times their usual in India's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual.
- A year earlier, on 15 January 2020, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Yemen79 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Mali75 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia66 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia63 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Syria60 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US1563 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2453 New York US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 339 Los Angeles US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Manhattan US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Chicago US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196Stories, not people.
Where it happened
feelings in full →
Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Washington US protests & strikes · 2,453 stories, 1,987 outlets ● Kenosha US protests & strikes · 70 stories, 330 outlets ● Tunis Tunisia protests & strikes · 22 stories, 78 outlets ● Phnom Penh Cambodia protests & strikes · 22 stories, 48 outlets ● Nayapara Bangladesh people displaced · 21 stories, 55 outlets ● Bamako Mali attacks & violence · 13 stories, 33 outlets ● Sanaa Yemen attacks & violence · 23 stories, 40 outlets ● North Waziristan Pakistan attacks & violence · 10 stories, 22 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health56% 14,855 stories · less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice19% 4,983 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence10% 2,598 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents7% 1,976 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 850 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 609 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 311 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 298 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed7,630 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,834 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,006 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions135 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations70 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced68 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about the usual rateStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Fearabout as 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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