We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
74 of its 98 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 53 of Iraq's 74 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
67 of its 79 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 5 of Afrin's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
224 of its 523 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 89 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Oil spill was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami.
63 of its 120 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Minsk accounted for 49 of Belarus' 63 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. 31 of Minsk's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories).
119 of its 159 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Hodeida accounted for 54 of Yemen's 119 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
233 of its 537 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 52 of Afghanistan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Canada (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Nigeria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 21,790 stories about harm among 84,052 counted on 21 Jan.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 17 December 2021. 26 in every 100 of the day's 84,052 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29. In Iraq, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. On 21 January 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, 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 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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