We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
215 of its 222 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Matangi Tonga accounted for 52 of Tonga's 215 stories about harm, carried by 423 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge.
26 of its 44 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tunis accounted for 23 of Tunisia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. 12 of Tunis' 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
100 of its 372 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 26 of Ethiopia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
56 of its 92 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Almaty accounted for 27 of Kazakhstan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 15 of Almaty's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.
Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
56 of its 111 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
86 of its 196 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Cyclone was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storm surge in US (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 13,267 stories about harm among 47,362 counted on 15 Jan.
Tonga stood out: 97% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 28 in every 100 of the day's 47,362 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 15 January 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 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 harsher 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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