We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
305 of its 473 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Almaty accounted for 175 of Kazakhstan's 305 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. 112 of Almaty's 175 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
47 of its 81 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kampala accounted for 31 of Uganda's 47 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
237 of its 539 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Snowstorms were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with poisoning and road crashes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 93 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tigray accounted for 50 of Ethiopia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
82 of its 111 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
47 of its 72 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
85 of its 180 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
144 of its 223 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 87 of Afghanistan's 144 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
115 of its 218 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of Aung Hlaing's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Myanmar (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Germany (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Cyprus (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 20,625 stories about harm among 73,175 counted on 10 Jan.
It was the seventh day running that the news turned to Kazakhstan. of the day's 73,175 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Myanmar's news mentioned landslides about 7 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 10 January 2021, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. In Kazakhstan, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% 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 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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