We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
107 of its 255 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
120 of its 311 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 26 of Amsterdam's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 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.
51 of its 96 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kulgam accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 68 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
453 of Delhi's 607 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (353 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
73 of its 137 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
38 of its 109 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 50 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tripoli accounted for 21 of Libya's 22 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Moscow accounted for 240 of Russia's 384 stories about harm, carried by 455 outlets. 127 of Moscow's 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 66 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (50 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Libya (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Peru (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Spain (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 26,667 stories about harm among 102,582 counted on 27 Jan.
Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 7 times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 28 January 2020, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Poland stood out: 42% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. 26 in every 100 of the day's 102,582 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 28.
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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