We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
31 of its 60 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tocumen accounted for 23 of Panama's 31 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Dengue was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 73 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Mogadishu accounted for 45 of Somalia's 57 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Almaty accounted for 73 of Kazakhstan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. 43 of Almaty's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
39 of its 75 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Buenos Aires accounted for 27 of Argentina's 39 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Heatwave was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
27 of its 47 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Tuberculosis 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.
29 of its 41 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 25 of Mozambique's 29 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
29 of its 83 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 96 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 19 of Sofia's 23 stories were about protests or strikes.
33 of its 56 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Hong Kong (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in Tanzania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Switzerland (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 23,653 stories about harm among 87,173 counted on 12 Jan.
Panama's news mentioned the dengue more than ten times as often as usual. 27 in every 100 of the day's 87,173 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29. In Panama, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. A year earlier, on 12 January 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
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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