We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Khartoum accounted for 100 of Sudan's 136 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. 96 of Khartoum's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Train derailment was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
73 of its 91 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
105 of its 227 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
16 of its 39 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
64 of its 87 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
64 of its 105 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Baghdad accounted for 45 of Iraq's 64 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 134 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 18 of Amsterdam's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Jammu accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 59 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
92 of its 183 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
400 of its 698 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 188 of Israel's 400 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Brazil (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Portugal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in North Korea (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Taiwan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (405 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 17,771 stories about harm among 59,563 counted on 3 Jan.
Portugal's news mentioned outbreaks more than ten times as often as usual. 30 in every 100 of the day's 59,563 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 28. A year earlier, on 3 January 2021, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Sudan stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 68%.
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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