We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
29 of its 33 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 13 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.
66 of its 136 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
103 of its 145 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
10 of Tijuana's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 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.
78 of its 192 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Athens accounted for 51 of Greece's 78 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Snowstorms were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
33 of its 67 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Storms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
46 of its 82 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
11 of its 40 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
63 of Ottawa's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
16 of its 42 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Greece (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Bahamas (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Malawi (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Tonga (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 21,428 stories about harm among 86,862 counted on 26 Jan.
Of the day's 86,862 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. Mozambique stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%. On 26 January 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 25 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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