We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
64 of its 126 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Bucharest accounted for 33 of Romania's 64 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
115 of its 194 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 50 of Afghanistan's 115 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 48 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Minsk's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
155 of its 438 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Overdoses were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
112 of its 435 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
262 of its 797 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 148 of Russia's 262 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
38 of its 42 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 77 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 38 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Almaty's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Italy (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in South Africa (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); overdoses in Mexico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 15,155 stories about harm among 74,810 counted on 5 Jan.
Mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. of the day's 74,810 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Romania stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. A year earlier, on 5 January 2022, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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