We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
183 of its 491 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sinaloa accounted for 86 of Mexico's 183 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (106 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
72 of its 193 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 23 of Nairobi's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 80 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
6 of its 11 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
101 of its 183 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 38 of Afghanistan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 4 of Ndjamena's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
21 of its 58 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Minsk's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Tehran accounted for 60 of Iran's 109 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 35 of Tehran's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 97 of Russia's 179 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
32 of its 86 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 11 of Colombo's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Greece (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Norway (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 14,319 stories about harm among 69,951 counted on 6 Jan.
In Greece's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 69,951 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 January 2022, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Mexico, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual.
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?
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.
Create a free accountSign in · a username, an email and a password.