We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
348 of its 855 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 163 of Russia's 348 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (217 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 50 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with bird flu and flu.
62 of its 181 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake.
Tehran accounted for 72 of Iran's 127 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 55 of Tehran's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
50 of its 57 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mahas accounted for 27 of Somalia's 50 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 111 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jammu accounted for 38 of Kashmir's 63 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
260 of its 693 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 377 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 31 of Afghanistan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with cyclone and plane crash.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Ireland (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Australia (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in US (66 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 14,728 stories about harm among 73,078 counted on 4 Jan.
The news turned to Russia for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 73,078 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Czechia's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 6 times their usual. On 4 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 20 today. Russia's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%.
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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