We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
175 of its 351 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 48 of Amsterdam's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 89 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Respiratory illness 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.
50 of its 54 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
24 of its 28 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kampala accounted for 49 of Uganda's 78 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 25 of Kampala's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Moscow accounted for 211 of Russia's 328 stories about harm, carried by 352 outlets. 109 of Moscow's 211 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
288 of Delhi's 442 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
59 of its 115 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kathmandu accounted for 48 of Nepal's 59 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets.
25 of its 45 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
7 of its 13 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Afghanistan (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Indonesia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Sweden (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Singapore (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tropical storm in South Africa (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 25,316 stories about harm among 97,353 counted on 26 Jan.
The news turned to the Netherlands for the second day running. 26 in every 100 of the day's 97,353 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. In Afghanistan's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. On 27 January 2020, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 26 today. the Netherlands' news was 50% about people being harmed, against a 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 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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