We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
188 of its 249 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 142 of Kashmir's 188 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
53 of its 77 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Vienna accounted for 47 of Austria's 53 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
234 of its 397 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Cape Town accounted for 126 of South Africa's 234 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
49 of its 106 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
204 of its 473 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
133 of its 247 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tel Aviv accounted for 65 of Israel's 133 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
111 of its 179 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 53 of Afghanistan's 111 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 48 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Baghdad accounted for 22 of Iraq's 31 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
937 of its 2,415 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (133 stories). Landslides were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flu in Israel (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in France (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in US (167 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 11,303 stories about harm among 36,852 counted on 1 Jan.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Kashmir. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Stories about people being harmed made up 31 in every 100 of the day's 36,852 stories, above the usual 27. Mentions of the flu ran about 4 times their usual in Israel's news. Over December, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 in December 2020.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 31 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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