We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
279 of its 473 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Moscow accounted for 211 of Russia's 279 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. 178 of Moscow's 211 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (181 stories). Extreme cold was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
60 of its 73 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Santiago accounted for 51 of Chile's 60 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Tsunami was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
117 of its 234 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Outbreaks were named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
77 of its 151 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Amsterdam accounted for 66 of the Netherlands' 77 stories about harm, carried by 341 outlets. 42 of Amsterdam's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories).
29 of its 33 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Beira accounted for 25 of Mozambique's 29 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tunis accounted for 23 of Tunisia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 17 of Tunis' 23 stories were about protests or strikes.
111 of its 354 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Snowstorms were named in 41 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
58 of its 110 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in New Zealand (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Mozambique (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (28 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); snowstorms in UK (41 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 12,930 stories about harm among 46,238 counted on 24 Jan.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Russia. of the day's 46,238 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Chile's news mentioned the tsunami about 5 times as often as usual. On 25 January 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 28 today. In Russia, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 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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