We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
255 of its 442 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Almaty accounted for 221 of Kazakhstan's 255 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. 210 of Almaty's 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
64 of its 92 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tigray accounted for 51 of Ethiopia's 64 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 155 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 64 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tunis accounted for 23 of Tunisia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
46 of its 57 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Storms were 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.
10 of its 19 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
1,539 of its 3,852 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. HIV was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Hong Kong (45 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Spain (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in UK (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 23,935 stories about harm among 82,225 counted on 5 Jan.
For the second day running, the news turned to Kazakhstan. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 82,225 stories, above the usual 28. A year earlier, on 5 January 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. In Kazakhstan, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual.
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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